In the wake of a devastating earthquake on Monday that has reportedly killed more than 21,000 people across Turkey and Syria, Mayor Eric Adams showed solidarity with Brooklyn’s Turkish community at the American Turkish Eyup Sultan Cultural Center in Brighton Beach during a Friday prayer service.
According to published reports, at least 78,124 people were injured in both countries as of Friday by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit southern and central Turkey as well as western Syria. The quake was followed by a series of aftershocks, one nearly as powerful as the first seismic event, that altogether toppled hundreds of buildings in both countries.
