Turkish rescue teams continue to pull survivors from collapsed buildings, more than a day and a half after a powerful earthquake hit the country's east, killing at least 31 people, officials say.
ANKARA, Turkey — Working against the clock in freezing temperatures, Turkish rescue teams pulled more survivors from collapsed buildings Sunday, days after a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the country’s east.Turkish television showed Ayse Yildiz, 35, and her 2-year-old daughter Yusra being dragged out of the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in the city of Elazig. They had been trapped for 28 hours after the earthquake struck on Friday night.
Rescue teams concentrated their efforts in the city’s Mustafa Pasa neighborhood and the nearby town of Sivrice, the closest residential area to the quake’s epicenter. Erdogan said every effort was being made to alleviate conditions and promised to house displaced residents as soon as possible. Erdogan also condemned what he called a “smear campaign” on social media by those questioning the Turkish government’s preparations for earthquakes. A prosecutor in Ankara has opened an investigation into social media posts about Friday’s quake.Across Turkey, there was an outpouring of support for victims of the quake.
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