Turkey remembers thousands who died one year on from earthquake

People in Turkey threw carnations into a river as they marked the one-year anniversary of the country’s catastrophic earthquake (Metin Yoksu/AP)

Millions of people across Turkey have mourned the loss of more than 53,000 friends, loved ones and neighbours in the country’s catastrophic earthquake a year ago.

To mark what it calls the Disaster of the Century, the government arranged a series of events to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the disaster in southern Turkey.