Some still search for loved ones a year after Turkey's earthquake

FILE PHOTO: A man reacts as people search the rubble of collapsed apartment blocks for personal belongings, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 18, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

ISKENDERUN, Turkey (Reuters) - Tugba Akyuz and her family rushed to check on her brother, Mustafa Batuhan Gulec, on the morning a year ago when a massive earthquake struck southern Turkey, only to find the ruins of his apartment's collapsed five-storey building.

A year later - on the anniversary of the deadliest disaster in Turkey's modern history - they are still searching for him.