Powerful earthquakes shook Turkey and Syria on Feb 6, and killed over 9,000 people. It is among the most devastating disasters in recent history.
Satellite images show the damage. In Islahiye, Turkey, dozens of buildings across the city have collapsed. This is what it was before the quakes.
And this is what it has been reduced to.
photo: maxarThis historical mosque is located in the city of southeastern Turkey. The mosque was more than a 100 years old.
This is after the earthquake.
The castle was built by the Hittite Empire and later turned into a main castle during the Roman Empire in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
Gaziantep Castle has completely been destroyed.
The Latin church in Iskenderun, Turkey, was built in the 1800s.
It was severely damaged by the earthquake.