UPDATE 2 - Hope endures in Türkiye as more survivors emerge from rubble on day 6 of rescue efforts

UPDATES WITH MORE RESCUES; REVISES HEADLINE, DECK

By Anadolu Staff

DIYARBAKIR, KAHRAMANMARAS, GAZIANTEP, ADIYAMAN, Türkiye (AA) – More people were pulled out of the rubble of collapsed buildings on Saturday as rescue teams from around the world race against time to save lives in the wake of Monday's powerful earthquakes in southern Türkiye.

Sengul Karabacak, 4 years old, and her father were pulled out of the rubble in the Islahiye district of Gaziantep some 132 hours after the quakes hit the region.

Irem Bagriacik, a 7-year-old girl, was also rescued in Belen in the Hatay province after days under the rubble. A day earlier her mother Halime, 27, was rescued from the same building. Rescue teams also recovered the bodies of her two siblings.

Four people including one child were rescued from the rubble after 129 hours in the Nurdagi district of the Gaziantep province. Rescue teams also pulled a woman out from the rubble in Nurdagi.

In the Adiyaman province, rescue squads pulled out Zeliha, a 10-year-old girl, from rubble after 128 hours.

Rescue teams also saved 72-year-old Kazim Kaya from the collapse of a building in Adiyaman after days in the debris.

Two young siblings, 12-year-old Suad and 14-year-old Sabah Habbas, as well as their uncle Muhammed were rescued from the rubble in the Hatay province 128 hours after the quakes.

Sixteen-year-old Kamilcan Agdas was also rescued in Kahramanmaras after 119 hours. In the same province, Ayse, a 6-year-old girl, was also rescued by Turkish and Azerbaijani teams after 129 hours.

- 2-month-old rescued

Umit Gulcicek, a woman believed to be in her sixties, was also rescued by Turkish and Korean teams in the Antakya District of Hatay days after the quakes.

Kamil, a 16-year-old boy, was also pulled out of the rubble after he was stuck under the debris for 116 hours in Kahramanmaras by Kyrgyzstani teams in Turkiye with a 63-strong team and two sniffer dogs.

A baby believed to be 2 months old was saved alive in the Hatay province after being trapped under the debris for 128 hours.

In the Adiyaman province, Specialist Sgt. Osman Gurbuz and his wife Ummu Gurbuz were rescued from the rubble after they survived for 128 hours under concrete blocks of collapsed buildings. Rescue teams also recovered the bodies of their three children.

Also in Adiyaman, a young girl named Rumeysa was rescued 128 hours after the earthquake. Arda Can Ovun, 13, was also rescued in Hatay 128 hours after the first tremor hit the region.

In Kahramanmaras, rescue teams from Azerbaijan pulled out a 50-year-old woman named Fatma from the debris of a collapsed building 120 hours after the quakes hit.

Sabiha Gungoren, 74, and her husband were also rescued from the rubble in Hatay on the sixth day since the earthquake.

Rescue teams also pulled out Asya, a 2-year-old girl, from the quake debris in Hatay.

Meanwhile, Turkish miners from the Black Sea province of Zonguldak saved 83-year-old Halime Gurbuz in Kahramanmaras after more than 124 hours in the rubble.

Menekse Tabak, a 70-year-old woman, was rescued after she was trapped under the debris for 122 hours in the province of Kahramanmaras, the epicenter of the twin earthquakes that shook southern Türkiye earlier this week.

Masallah Cicek, 55, was rescued in the province of Diyarbakir after she survived under the rubble of a building where she had been trapped for 122 hours.

Rescue teams dug a father and his disabled son out of the rubble after they were trapped under the debris for 115 hours in the province of Gaziantep.

Busra Almusa, a 25-year-old woman, was also rescued in Gaziantep 119 hours after the quakes.

Many of the dramatic rescues were shown on live television.

The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, centered in Kahramanmaras, affected more than 13 million people across 10 provinces, also including Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa.

Several countries in the region, including Syria and Lebanon, felt the strong tremors that struck Türkiye in the space of less than 10 hours.​​​​​​​