Hundreds Die in Earthquake at Time of Crisis for Turkey Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Residents loot tents from Turkish Red Crescent truck one day after a powerful earthquake in Ercis, province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 24, 2011. ( MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC