On February 6, 2023, Turkey was violently shaken by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake, followed a few hours later by a second one, equally devastating. These earthquakes are now considered to be of the largest and deadliest in the region in the past hundred years. Occurring in the middle of the night, it took the population by surprise, causing the death of over 53,000 citizens and the destruction of the city's landscape.

Photographer Emin Özmen, on assignment for the New York Times, followed the convalescence of Pinar and Ibrahim. The couple lost two of their four children when their six-story apartment...