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Inside tent cities, Turkey's quake survivors wonder when they'll have a home again

Some of those who lost their homes in the earthquakes that devastated southern Turkey still need tents - and dream of someday having a container to live in.
Fatma Guner has spent the days since the Turkey earthquake living in a tent city in Arsuz, a town in Hatay province. "I honestly can't stay here, it's really crowded," she says.

HATAY, Turkey — The 7.8 magnitude earthquake and powerful aftershocks that rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria earlier this month have led people to form new communities of sorts — tent cities spreading across what once were open spaces.

One of these new cities is in Arsuz, a town in Turkey's Hatay province. On a recent day, people came out of their tents and formed a line for lunch – the cooks were serving doner kebab, a classic Turkish dish featuring meat grilled on

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