Dozens of red balloons speckle the rubble of a destroyed building alongside a main road in Türkiye's quake-hit south, as a final tribute to children killed in the earthquake.
abc.net.au/news/tuerkiye-displays-red-balloons-for-lost-children-earthquake/102013804Dozens of red balloons speckle the rubble of a destroyed building alongside a main road in Türkiye's quake-hit south.
The effect is striking, the bright balloons contrasting starkly with the dusty grey of the rubble and twisted metal that once made up a nine-floor building. Father-of-two Okur said there was no political motive behind his work, instead emphasising its sentimental meaning. "I started here and then moved on to the building behind. This area struck me. I couldn't sleep for several nights because we couldn't rescue the children from here," he said.Eight days after the quake, Okur began tying balloons to the ruins in the city of 400,000 people, now a ghost town disturbed only by diggers and lorries removing rubble.
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