Kahramanmaraş

A Dog Rescued 12-year-old Owner from the Ruins of the Earthquakes in Turkey

A dog rescued its 12-year-old owner from under the ruins of the earthquakes in Turkey, "Hurriyet Daily News" reported, quoted by BTA.

The dog bit the boy's clothes and pulled him out from under the debris of their home in their village in Kahramanmaraş district.

House fire kills three children in Kahramanmaraş

Three Syrian children have lost their lives in a house fire in the southern province of Kahramanmaraş.

The cause of the fire which erupted in a detached house in Dulkadiroğlu district has not been determined yet. Though the firefighters who came to the scene after being notified extinguished the fire in a short time, the three siblings in the house could not be saved.

Air pollution blamed for 45,000 premature deaths in 2018

Air pollution caused a total of 44,617 premature deaths in 2018 in Turkey, recent research has shown.

Most fatalities due to prolonged exposure to the airborne PM2.5, known as particulate matter, occurred in the provinces of Iğdır, Kahramanmaraş, Mersin, Manisa, Niğde and Burdur, said Professor Kayıhan Pala from the Uludağ University's Medical School who led the study.

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