The view over collapsed residential building in Hatay, Turkey, shows how significantly the cityscape has been affected by the earthquakes (Picture: Getty Images)
At least 2,500 people have died as a result of devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria today.
The impact of the disasters on the countries’ physical landscapes has been laid bare in a series of pictures.
Vital infrastructure, people’s homes and landmarks with huge cultural significance were all destroyed in a matter of minutes by the initial 7.8-magnitude quake.
Even further damage has been inflicted by a series of strong aftershocks, with officials saying the number of buildings levelled by the shaking is in the thousands.
A castle that has stood at the centre of Gaziantep, Turkey’s sixth-largest city, for around 18 centuries was largely turned into a ruin.
Meanwhile a mosque in Malatya, which has been rebuilt three times after being hit by three different earthquakes over 180 years, was again reduced to rubble.
While Turkey and Syria were worst-hit, the earthquakes could be felt as far south as Egypt.
Before and after pictures demonstrate the shocking extent of the loss across Turkey – and the work that lies ahead, in order to rebuild.
The main building of Gaziantep Castle, constructed by the Romans between the second and third centuries AD, was seriously damaged in a blow to Turkey's cultural heritage (Pictures: Shutterstock/Getty Images)
Snow falls on the collapsed Haji Yusuf Mosque in Malatya, known locally as the Great Earthquake Mosque as it has been hit by three in the past - though the stone minarets remain standing (Pictures: Shutterstock/Getty Images)
How a residential building in Gaziantep looked in October 2022 (left) and then after today's earthquakes (right) - it is not known if anyone was inside the building when it collapsed (Pictures: Google Maps/Getty Images)
Again in Gaziantep, which was around 50 miles from the epicentre of the initial earthquake, a residential building has collapsed on top of park cars (Pictures: Google Maps/Getty Images)
How residential buildings in the Cukurova district of Adana looked in April 2021 (left) and following their collapse due to today's earthquake (Pictures: Google Maps/Getty Images)
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