Mother's Day

Many people are marking Mother's Day across the country, from somber quake survivors who lost their mothers, children or spouses, to polling officials in charge of the election.

In the earthquake zone where tens of thousands of people lost their lives in early February, Mother's Day was marked in a bitter mood this year.

A woman who lost her son and mother in a 6.6-magnitude earthquake that rattled İzmir on Oct. 30, 2020, sobbed with sorrow on Mother's Day as police found a letter she wrote to her mother a decade ago.

"I feel empty. I lost my mother and a child when I was getting used to being a mother," Yağmur Gürman told Demirören News Agency on May 9.

Healthcare worker moms marked Mother's Day on May 10 with a heavy heart as they isolated themselves from their children as part of measures against the novel coronavirus.

As millions of people stuck at home and avoid contacting their family members to curb the spread of the virus, health workers continue their devoted fight against the pandemic.

An Egyptian woman who says she had to dress as a man to get work has been hailed as an "exemplary working mother" by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
      
Sisa Abu Daooh, 65, showed up on Sunday at the presidential palace to receive an award from Sisi and a cash prize of 50,000 pounds, wearing a male robe and turban, a day after Egypt marked Mother's Day.
      

By Simon Kennedy

Erik Nielsen likes to spend Sunday mornings ruminating over the world economy at a cafe near his west London home.
Finding his favored Caffe Nero too crowded on Mother's Day, the chief global economist of UniCredit Bank AG beat a retreat to his own study. From there, he also changed direction on Greece.