Nearly 1400 children separated from their parents after the earthquake

At least 1,362 children in Turkey were separated from their parents after a massive earthquake struck a week ago, according to the country's Minister of Family and Social Services Derya Yanik.

To date, 369 have been reunited with their families, the minister said. Another 792 children are in hospitals and 201 children are in <x0 institutions linked to our ministry”.

Yannik said 291 of the children remain unidentified and the first step is to understand who they are so that they can be reunited with every member of the family still alive.

Once we've identified our children, but we've found that they've lost their family members and must be placed under state care, then we can probably allow them to contact families who are already known for the regular custody system. ” said Yanik.