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wildfires leave behind charred homes and ashes

The death toll from wildfires raging in Turkey has risen to six after two forest workers were killed, the country’s health minister said. Fires raging across southern Turkey since Wednesday have burned down forests and some settlements, encroaching on villages and tourist destinations and forcing thousands of people to

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Turkey: Earthquake

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit western province of İzmir, Turkey on Friday October 30, 2:51 pm local time. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said the quake had an epicentre 13 km northeast of the Greek island of Samos. The earthquake was felt in provinces as far as İstanbul, Bodrum, Muğla and Manisa. Soon after the initial quake, the…

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Adana Removal Centre

GDP Facility Typology: Administrative (2014) Center Status: In use (2018) Security Regime: Secure (2014) Capacity: 80 (2018) Management: Directorate General for Migration Management (2018); Directorate General for Migration Management (2014)

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Detainment Camps
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HARMANDALI DETENTION CENTRE

Harmandalı has capacity for 750 people in 126 rooms . There are two blocks, A and B. In block A, mainly single male adults are held in detention, Block B holds families and children. Some migrants who were apprehended at the Turkish coast or in the Aegean Sea trying to leave Turkey are also detained in Harmandalı.

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Detainment Camps