Photos: Miracle quake survivors, including infant, give hope to Turkey

On the sixth day, local media devoted coverage to rescue teams still saving lives

Last updated: February 11, 2023 | 20:45

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Turkey's hopes have turned to miraculous survivors still being rescued after Monday's devastating earthquakes in the nation's southeast and Syria that killed over 25,000 people.

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On Saturday, the sixth day after the twin 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude tremblors, local media devoted coverage to rescue teams still saving lives, including an infant and a family of five.

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On Saturday, the sixth day after the twin 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude tremblors, local media devoted coverage to rescue teams still saving lives, including an infant and a family of five.

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The two-month-old baby was rescued after 128 hours under rubble in Hatay province, a multicultural area home to centuries of history that's largely been turned into dust, according to state-run Anadolu Agency.

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A couple in Adiyaman, another severely affected province, was also rescued, the agency reported.

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In Gaziantep province a family of five "- parents along with their son and two daughters "- who've survived since Monday in their collapsed home were extricated from the debris, Haberturk news channel reported.

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Thousands of houses and buildings were wrecked across 10 provinces in Turkey in what President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the "worst disaster of the last century in the world."

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Dozens of countries have dispatched teams and personnel to help with relief efforts.

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Military personnel and Indonesian search and rescue team members load government relief aid onto an Indonesian Air Force C-130 transport aircraft at an air base in Jakarta.

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People affected by a devastating earthquake stay at a temporary accommodation centre erected on a football pitch in Gaziantep, Turkey.

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Turkish rescue workers pose with a cat named "Mucize" (Miracle), after they saved it alive from rubbles, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Islahiye, in Gaziantep province, Turkey.

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People queue in line to receive medication in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.

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People pray during Friday prayer in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.

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