Three people rescued in Turkey 198 hours after earthquake

An 18-year-old named Muhammed Cafer was rescued from the rubble of a building in southern Turkey on Tuesday, the third rescue of the morning some 198 hours after last week's devastating earthquake, broadcaster CNN Turk said.

Last Monday's quake and a major aftershock have killed more than 37,000 people in southern Turkey and northwest Syria, according to official tallies expected to rise much higher.

In Turkey's Adiyaman province, broadcasters showed rescue workers carrying Cafer strapped on a stretcher, an oxygen mask on his face and a health worker holding an IV bag, from the site of the collapsed building to a waiting ambulance.

Cafer could be seen moving his fingers as he was carried away.

Today is the 9th day since the destructive double quakes in #Türkiye and the name of the miracle at the 198th hour is MUHAMMED CAFER ÇETİN. Day light again after 198 hours.

🇹🇷🧿👏👏👏 @trthabercanli pic.twitter.com/jC4WiyItOy

— T.C. Duşanbe Büyükelçiliği (@TurkiyeDushanbe) February 14, 2023

A short while earlier, rescue workers pulled two brothers alive from the ruins of an apartment block in neighbouring Kahramanmaras province.

Kahramanmaraş'ta 198'inci saatte 2 kişi daha kurtarıldı

— Demirören Haber Ajansı (@dhainternet) February 14, 2023

State-owned Anadolu news agency identified them as 17-year-old Muhammed Enes Yeninar and his brother, 21-year-old Baki Yeninar, who was rescued after him.

They were both placed in ambulances and taken to hospital. Their condition was unclear.

(Reuters)