Celebrities commemorate citizens who lost their lives in the February 6 earthquakes with social media posts: 'A devastation whose pain will never subside'

On February 6, 2023, at 04:17, Kahramanmaraş’s Pazarcık district was shaken by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake.

This earthquake affected Kahramanmaraş, Adıyaman, Hatay, Malatya, Gaziantep, Adana, Kilis, Osmaniye, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa, and Elazığ. Nine hours after the earthquake that devastated 11 provinces, a second earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 occurred, centered in Elbistan.

A total of 14 million people living in the region were affected by the two earthquakes, which lasted for 110 seconds in total. While 53 thousand 537 people lost their lives, 107 thousand people were injured.

Exactly one year has passed since these earthquakes, which plunged all of Turkey into mourning. Famous figures from the art world expressed their sorrow on the anniversary of the disaster of the century and commemorated those who lost their lives.

SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS FROM CELEBRITIES

Nurgül Yeşilçay: 1 year ago... On February 6, we woke up to a morning like a nightmare. We have never forgotten, we are very sad.

Orhan Aydın: When will you be the conscience of the lives we lost, when? The dead are left with their death!

Yılmaz Erdoğan: We commemorate those who lost their lives in the earthquake disaster we experienced on February 6, 2023, with respect and mercy. We will not forget…

Eda Ece: I commemorate all our citizens who lost their lives. We have not forgotten, it is on our minds...

Şahan Gökbakar: May God have mercy on all the souls we lost in the February 6 earthquake. May they rest in peace. I wish patience to their surviving loved ones and families. Our condolences... We have not forgotten, we will not forget.

Meltem Cumbul: 1 year has passed since the earthquake that occurred in our 11 provinces centered in Kahramanmaraş on February 6, 2023. Hoping for more charity concerts.

Farah Zeynep Abdullah: This time last year were the last normal hours for those who lost their lives, those who lost their loved ones, and those who lost their homes. A part of those who tried to help also remained in those ruins. Our lives can never be the same after the things we heard and witnessed.

Ezhel: I respectfully commemorate the souls we lost exactly one year ago. I wish patience and condolences to our beautiful country and our people.

Mustafa Rahman Tohma: Lower the flags, there is mourning in my homeland. Today everyone's heart is aching. Everyone is crying in a corner... Our loved ones died, our homeland died. The heart cannot bear this pain.

Hamdi Alkan: The lost, the departed, my childhood, my youth... And my friends, relatives who mixed with the soil... My big family... And the unfinished stories... Unwritten poems. Dreams and crumbs of hope mixed into tears and the unknown. For us, a year is expressed in one second with a button, but for those who stayed in the city, every second passes like a year. Or maybe it doesn't pass at all, time stops. It remains suspended at 04:17. Antakya was my breath. It will remain so.

Hande Erçel: February 6, 2023... 4:17

Özge Özpirinçci: Our not forgetting is always accompanied by the shame of not remembering every single second of every day. With the accounts we could not settle and the wounds we could not heal, we are still looking for the same light in a different darkness, with the helplessness of trying to be a remedy for each other.

Ezgi Mola: An indescribable pain that will never pass, will never diminish, and is irreparable.

Haluk Levent: In this great disaster, many of our people, our children, our youth, our elderly left the world with their unfinished stories. Our pain is still fresh! Commemorating them today should not just be about respectfully remembering their names; we must continue their dreams, never stop the solidarity with what they left behind, and live for them by knowing the value of each other and bonding more with one another.

Edis: Our pain will never subside.

Ece Erken: February 6, 2023... May God have mercy on all the souls we lost, our losses. I wish patience to their relatives.

Acun Ilıcalı: We have not forgotten, we will not forget! I once again wish God's mercy upon all our citizens we lost in the February 6 earthquake and offer my condolences to our country. I hope these pains are not experienced again.

Tolga Sarıtaş: We have not forgotten, we will not forget. Our hearts are burning.

Büşra Pekin: A year has passed... Its pain and tremor have never passed.