Turkish earthquake victims sleeping in trains, tents and greenhouses

People who lost their houses line up to receive aid supplies at a makeshift camp in Iskenderun (Hussein Malla/AP)
People who lost their houses line up to receive aid supplies at a makeshift camp in Iskenderun (Hussein Malla/AP)

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.

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