Idris Talha Kartav 唐小强, Turkish participant in the popular Chinese TV chat show Informal Talks 非正式会谈, has been confirmed dead in the earthquake.
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Kartav graduated from Xiamen University in Fujian Province.
A local newspaper paid tribute.
A local newspaper paid tribute.
In his master's thesis, submitted in 2018, Kartav wrote about China's Belt and Road Initiative and Turkey's role in it,
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Kartav on his name,
Two dozen children from northern Cyprus and some of their parents were on a school trip to join a volleyball tournament in Turkey when a massive earthquake hit their hotel.
The only thing that remains of it now is a flagpole. (AFP)
The only thing that remains of it now is a flagpole. (AFP)
Located on the main boulevard of Adiyaman in Turkey's devastated southeast, the hotel was completely flattened. Dozens of other buildings on both sides of the long road have suffered the same fate.
Athletes from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a breakaway region of the Mediterranean island recognized only by Ankara, are excluded from international tournaments.
The president of the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, whose relations with the rebel government are extremely strained, sent a message of support.
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