evidence: Disasters expose and exarcebate existing inequalities and divisions within societies. After the earthquakes in Turkey, things were no different. As minority communities picked up the pieces after the devastation, they were faced with renewed discrimination and marginalization in the aftermath of these disasters. The minorities most affected by discrimination following the earthquakes are Alevi communities including Turkish Alevis, Kurdish Alevis and Nusayris, as well as Rom, Dom and Abdals.Sunni Kurds have arguably been less affected by discrimination since the provinces where they mostly live, such as Diyarbakır and Şanlıurfa, were relatively less affected. [...] The village of Vakıflı is known as the only Armenian village in Turkey. Before the earthquakes, 135 people lived there. 'Half of the buildings in Vakıflı Village are destroyed. The death toll is not high in the village, but there are wounded citizens', says the President of its Armenian Community, Cem Çapar. Only 30 remain now in Vakıflı, left fearing for the future existence of their village, already endangered by migration to Istanbul. Çapar adds that 'although the aid from the first day of the earthquake has helped to sustain our lives, this region cannot be revived unless there is a state or international will.'