WorldcrunchNimet Kıraç is a freelance journalist based in Turkey’s southern province of Adana. A graduate of George Washington University, she started her career in journalism at CNN International Headquarters in Atlanta. Her work has been published by the Financial Times, Le Figaro and Euronews among other global news outlets. She is a New York Times contributing reporter and a correspondent at large for Gazete Oksijen.
A year has passed since the Feb. 6 earthquake that shook Turkey, affecting more than 13 million people. Some are still looking for their missing relatives, living in containers, struggling to cope every day — and wondering when the government’s promises of support will be realized.