evidence: A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria in the early hours of the morning on February 6 with the large southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep at its epicenter. This was followed less than 10 hours later by a 7.5-magnitude aftershock slightly to Gaziantep’s north. In addition to its impact on Turkey and Turkish citizens, the twin quakes hit the heart of a border area home to millions of Syrian refugees at a time of great economic and geostrategic uncertainty in Turkey and across the region.