In Turkish election, some voters return to quake zone to cast ballots

Suheyla Azazi Gok and her husband Yiner Gok cry as they come back to Hatay for the first time since the earthquake for voting during the presidential and parliamentary elections, in Hatay, Turkey May 14, 2023. REUTERS/Emilie Madi

ISTANBUL/HATAY, Turkey (Reuters) - Mehmet Ali Fakioglu was made homeless by an earthquake that hit Turkey in February, but made a 15-hour journey back to the disaster zone to vote on Sunday, recalling the fear he felt when the catastrophe struck and his anger that help was slow to come.

Fakioglu, who has been staying with his son in Istanbul since leaving his home in the Antakya region, remembers the earthquake every day - the moment he ran from his apartment with his wife and daughter as walls banged and cracked.