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Earthquake survivors still being pulled from ruins despite long odds

Teams will make sure every last person is pulled from the rubble before debris removal starts, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said late Tuesday, adding that nearly 20,000 buildings were destroyed.

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Melike İmamoğlu had been buried under the debris for 222 hours, the report said.

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Earthquake survivors still being pulled from ruins despite long odds

Local media have been reporting details of the lengths trapped people have gone to stay alive.

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Two brothers, who were rescued Tuesday morning in Kahramanmaraş, told broadcaster CNN Türk that they had access to protein powder which they dissolved in their own urine and consumed.

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Meanwhile, clean-up work started at some parts of the hard-hit province of Hatay, as a reporter from the state broadcaster TRT reported.

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Earthquake survivors still being pulled from ruins despite long odds

Two power earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria in quick succession in the early hours of February 6.

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Earthquake survivors still being pulled from ruins despite long odds

Turkish authorities report 35,418 dead in that country alone, taking the combined total with Syria over 40,000.

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Earthquake survivors still being pulled from ruins despite long odds

About 1.6 million people are currently staying in emergency shelters in Türkiye and another 600,000 people have left the region or been evacuated.

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Earthquake survivors still being pulled from ruins despite long odds