Time stands still, but anger grows over slow response

Adiyaman's still-standing clock tower has emerged as an iconic image following last week's devastating earthquake after it froze at exactly 04:17, the moment the first tremor hit.

With millions rendered homeless and forced to sleep in tents, cars or in mosques, anger is growing among the victims over the time it took to receive help.

Many are furious that they didn't see rescue teams until two or three days after the quake, when the window for survivors to be saved was shrinking fast. Chaos then followed, they say, as those that arrived, both Turkish and international, quickly left, some lacking the necessary equipment to extract survivors.

"They [the government] assign incompetent people to important positions and then they ask why did things fail?" said one survivor.

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Time stands still in Adiyaman but anger grows over slow response