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Syriac church in southern Türkiye takes severe damage from February quakes

"We also experienced our share of these earthquakes that hit our region. Our church, particularly its east side, was destroyed," said Mor Grigorios Melki Ürek, the metropolitan of Adıyaman and its surrounding provinces.

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The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes, centered in Kahramanmaraş province, have impacted some 13 million people across 11 provinces, including Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Elazığ and Şanlıurfa.