Spot News, 2nd prize
Mehmet Umit Turpcu
Hürriyet Gazetesi
Hürriyet Gazetesi
31 October, 1983
The aftermath of an earthquake that hit a small cluster of houses in the hills. The quake left 500 of the 900 inhabitants dead.
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