Nearly two weeks after a massive earthquake levelled tens of thousands of buildings and displaced millions of people in Turkey and Syria, many are still struggling to fulfil their basic needs and some are living in tents, factories, train carriages and greenhouses.
People driven from their homes in the disaster zone described being unable to have hot showers, while others feared freezing to death.
The Turkish government and dozens of aid groups have launched a massive relief effort.
The government said on Wednesday that more than 5,400 shipping containers have been deployed as shelters and more than 200,000 tents dispatched.
But it is facing a massive disaster.
The government says at least 84,000 buildings, containing more than 332,000 dwellings, were either destroyed by the February 6 earthquake or too damaged to be used.
There is no official figure for the number of people displaced in Turkey’s side of the disaster region, which is home to some 14 million, or 16% of the country’s population.
In the mountain villages of Kahramanmaras province, people are struggling to keep warm during the bitterly cold nights.
Buyuknacar, a village just a few miles from the epicentre of the 7.8 magnitude quake, was severely damaged and 158 were killed.