Exhausted rescuers pulled dwindling numbers of survivors from earthquake rubble in Turkey and Syria on Saturday five days after one of the region's worst natural disasters whose death toll neared 26,000 and looked set to rise far higher.
Seho Uyan, who survived a deadly earthquake but lost his four relatives, sits in front of a collapsed building in Adiyaman, Turkey February 11, 2023. The death toll as of Saturday, Feb. 11, neared 26,000 following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake on Feb. 6. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar
In the southern Turkish city of Antakya, body bags lay on streets and residents wore masks against the smell of death as they joined rescuers who had still to reach some buildings. Police and soldiers were out in force on Saturday to keep order, also helping with traffic, rescues and food handouts.Outside Antakya, workers at a mass grave lowered bodybags into a freshly dug trench where a mechanical digger covered them with earth. About 80 bags awaited burial.
Even before the quake, the vote was seen as Erdogan's toughest challenge in two decades in power. Since the disaster he has called for solidarity and condemned "negative" politicking. Questions are also starting to be asked about the soundness of buildings. State prosecutors in Adana ordered the detention of 62 people in an investigation into collapsed buildings, while prosecutors sought the arrest of 33 people in Diyarbakir for the same reason, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported.
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