Two years on from a devastating earthquake that shattered Turkey's southern region, nearly half a million people remain in temporary “container cities.”

After Quake Disaster, Turkey's Painful Recovery Continues ANKARA (Reuters) - Two years after the deadliest and most destructive earthquake in modern Turkish history, hundreds of thousands of people remain displaced,

Two years have passed since a devastating earthquake shattered Turkey’s southern region. The magnitude 7.8 earthquake and a second powerful tremor that came hours later left more than 53,000 people dead.

Thousands of survivors held torchlit vigils across southern Turkey at 4:17 am Thursday, expressing pain and anger as they marked the exact moment two years ago when a devastating earthquake