At the Nurdağı cemetery in the Turkish province of Gaziantep, on the Syrian border, there will soon be no more room for the dead. The freshly dug graves are marked with blank headstones, with only pieces of ripped cloth from clothing to identify victims. The frayed ends of the cloth flutter slightly in the frigid air.
On the street outside, dozens of bodies lie piled on a row of pickup trucks, waiting to be buried. At least five imams have rushed to Nurdağı to officiate a rush of mass funerals, sometimes for as many as 10 victims at once. Officials brought in deliveries of coffins to provide a final resting place for the overwhelming numbers of corpses
