A man was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in the southern province of Hatay on Friday, 11 days after a massive earthquake hit the region last week, killing more than 43,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

Even though some rescue teams have left the country, survivors are still crawling out from under the rubble of destroyed houses, no matter what.

Two people were pulled alive yesterday

It is noted that yesterday, Thursday, two people were pulled alive from the rubble in Turkey. In particular, a 17-year-old girl was pulled alive yesterday from the ruins of a collapsed building in the southern province of Kahramanmaras, 248 hours after a deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake, TRT Haber reports.

About 10 hours later, Naslihan Kılıç was rescued, and her relatives lost hope. “We prepared her grave and asked the rescuers to stop digging, as we were afraid that the bodies under the rubble would be dismembered. A few minutes later, her voice could be heard through the rubble of the building,” her son-in-law told CNN Turk. Kilic’s husband and two children have not yet been found.

UN call

On Wednesday, the UN asked Turkey for more than $1 billion in aid. On Tuesday, he requested $400 million for Syria.

Families waiting for the release of their loved ones are growing angry at poor construction and uncontrolled construction, which is causing the collapse of thousands of homes and other buildings.

“I have two children. There is no other. They are both under rubble,” Sevil Karaampdoglu said as bulldozers demolished what was left of the high-rise apartment building in Antakya where her two daughters lived.

It is believed that about 650 people died as a result of the collapse of this building. “We rented this building because it was luxurious, safe. How do I know the contractor built that way?” Karaambdoglu asked.

Approximately 200 kilometers away, 100 people gathered in a small cemetery in the town of Pazarchik to bury a family of four killed in the same house.

Source: Reuters.