Rescuers in Turkey pulled more people from the rubble early on Saturday, five days after the country's most devastating earthquake since 1939, but hopes were fading in Turkey and Syria that many more survivors would be found.
In Turkey, 67 people had been clawed from the rubble in the previous 24 hours, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay told reporters overnight, in efforts that drew in 31,000 rescuers across the affected region.
Overnight, a 70 year-old woman and a nine year-old boy were rescued in Kahramanmaras and a 55 year-old woman was pulled from the rubble in the eastern city of Diyarbakir. However, a woman who was rescued on Friday in Kirikhan in Turkey died in hospital on Saturday. South of the city, a convoy of six white vans with sirens and green lights marked "Funeral Transport Service" had slowly traversed the rural roads late on Friday. In one village, Hasan Kunduru said least nine bodies had been found.The disaster hit as Erdogan prepares for national elections scheduled to be held by June, and at a time when his popularity was already eroding amid the soaring cost of living and a slumping Turkish currency.
Erdogan has acknowledged some problems with Turkey's initial response to the earthquake, notably transport access, but said the situation was subsequently brought under control. A similarly powerful earthquake in northwest Turkey in 1999 killed more than 17,000 killed in 1999. Monday's earthquake, with a death toll so far of 20,665 people inside Turkey, is the country's deadliest since 1939.In Syria, people waiting for news of family members buried under collapsed buildings stood solemnly by mounds of crushed concrete and twisted metal.
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