As despair turns to rage at the agonisingly slow rescue efforts, the focus turns to who was to blame for not better preparing people in the earthquake-prone region.
Rescue of trapped survivors continues
Two sisters were removed from the wreckage on Sunday in the city of Adiyaman, 153 hours after the quake, according to HaberTurk television, which also broadcast the live rescue of a 6-year-old boy removed from the debris of his home in Adiyaman.The child was wrapped in a space blanket and put into an ambulance. An exhausted rescuer removed his surgical mask and took deep breaths as a group of women could be heard crying in joy.
But when asked whether he knew of any other survivors, he said he hadn't heard any voices for three days. Rescuers use a crane to pull out Muhammet Habib, 27, from a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras, southern Türkiye. Overnight, a child was also freed in the town of Nizip, in Gaziantep, state-run Anadolu Agency reported, while a 32-year woman, was rescued from the ruins of a eight-story building in the city of Antakya.Rescuers have continued to probe the rubble in hope of finding additional survivors who could yet beat the increasingly long odds.
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