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Curaçaoan dies in Turkey

Local | By Correspondent February 13, 2023

ANTAKYA - One of the victims of the earthquake in Turkey is 71-year-old Orlando Neslo. The retired physics and chemistry teacher is originally from Curaçao. Neslo and his Turkish girlfriend have been missing since last Monday. His body was found under the rubble of a residential complex in Antakya on Saturday.  

 

 

This means that all missing persons with the Dutch nationality have been found. The death toll from the earthquake has now passed 36,000. According to the latest figures, 31,643 of these come from Turkey. In the photo Orlando with his girlfriend (daughter's private photo). 

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