Turkish press review

All the papers published stories about the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Van on Sunday. Sabah daily newspaper wrote that 279 people were killed, 1,300 others were wounded. It also said 2,262 buildings collapsed and the city was jolted by 258 aftershocks. Yeni Safak daily newspaper said that relief efforts pulled 40 people, including little Yunus, alive out of debris, whereas Turkiye and Zaman newspapers said Turkey mobilized for Van and healed the wounds, noting that buses heading for Van were full of blankets sent for quake survivors. The second main issue in Turkish daily newspapers was Turkish incursion into north of Iraq. Sabah, Turkiye, Yeni Safak, and Vatan daily quoted Chief of General Staff Gen. Necdet Ozel as saying that 270 terrorists had been killed in operations since August 17, and noted that Turkish tanks totally seized PKK's strategic camp in Haftanin. Yeni Safak wrote that Turkish Armed Forces sent tanks and armored vehicles to north of Iraq and the military vehicles headed for Haftanin camp, whereas Sabah daily newspaper said that two Turkish bases in Bamerni and Kanimasi will be widened and Sikorsky and Cobra helicopters will be deployed in the surveillance unit in Bamerni. Turkiye newspaper said Turkish Armed Forces launched a cross-border operation with armored units following its air operation.