Hakan Yasinoglu News Today

Nearly a month after deadly earthquakes struck Turkey, rescue operations are still underway. On Wednesday, a dog named 'Alex' was rescued from under the rubble after 23 days in Hatay’s Antakya district. The municipality teams were going about their business when they heard the dog's whimper coming from the debris of the buildings flattened. 

More than 46,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, and the toll is expected to soar with some 264,000 apartments in Turkey destroyed and many still missing as rescue workers listen for signs of life under rubble.

ANTAKYA, Turkey - Turkish rescuers on Friday pulled a 45-year-old man from rubble nearly 12 days after a devastating quake claimed tens of thousands of lives. This aerial view shows collapsed buildings during ongoing rescue operations in Kahramanmaras, southeastern Turkey, on February 14, 2023,

A Turkish man was rescued after 278 hours trapped in the destruction of an earthquake that has left thousands dead, local rescue crews reported.

The man, Hakan Yasinoglu, was rescued 278 hours after the 7.8-magnitude tremor in badly-hit Hatay.

Three other people are also rescued, including 14-year-old boy, with search at some sites continuing around the clock following Turkey-Syria quake in which over 41,000 killed

Rescue teams pulled three people alive 11 days after an earthquake that has killed more than 45,000.

Turkeys Hatays province has found a new survivor under a collapsed building after being stuck in the rubble for almost 278 hours

Mosques around the world performed absentee funeral prayers for the dead in Turkey and Syria, many of whom could not receive full burial rites

Aid organisations say the survivors will need help for months to come with so much crucial infrastructure destroyed.