Photo: Rescue workers in Turkey still searching for victims of the earthquake who may be buried in the rubbles of collapse buildings.
Over 17,000 people have been confirmed dead following devastating earthquakes which hit the Turkey-Syria border on Monday.
Search and rescue efforts continue at Metin Tamer Site in the center of Osmaniye, Turkey on Thursday,
Rescue crews in Turkey and Syria raced against time and a lack of equipment to find survivors buried in the rubble of buildings toppled by powerful earthquakes that struck the region.
Turkey’s disaster management agency said that about 110,000 personnel are involved in rescue efforts and 5,500 vehicles such as tractors, cranes, bulldozers and excavators have been shipped to assist the country reeling from the earthquake.
The VOA reports that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the area near the quake’s epicenter close to the city of Gaziantep and the Turkey-Syria border.
He faced the mounting frustration of survivors looking for their loved ones or for aid from the government by acknowledging problems with the emergency response to Monday’s 7.8 magnitude quake.
“It is not possible to be prepared for such a disaster.
“We will not leave any of our citizens uncared for,” Erdogan said.
He pointed to the winter weather and how the earthquake had destroyed the runway at Hatay’s airport as things that disrupted the response.
