A South Bay man who was in Turkey when the deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck early Monday morning is now trying to get his family members out of one of the hardest hit areas.
Omer Artun, who lives in Los Gatos, was in Istanbul Monday, about to fly south to Antakya to see his family members, when the quake hit.
“I was going to fly on Sunday, but then I had a doctor’s appointment, so I said, ‘I’ll go on Monday,'” Artun said.
Artun has 25 family members who are now displaced. Most were injured and some distant family members are presumed dead.
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