Survivors of the Turkey quake are being recovered from the debris of buildings (Mian Shakeel Aslam)

Mian Shakeel Aslam--- Turkish families dismayed match against an attempt by the mosques or between rows of bodies identified Monday rubble to rescue the survivors after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that killed at least 279 people marched.

Rescue teams worked with the power generator lights at night in the city most affected Erciş where water and electricity by the earthquake, Eastern Turkey were cut on Sunday shook. Nervous of more than 200 aftershocks, many residents slept outside their houses, making fires to keep warm, as aid agencies scrambled to raise tents for the homeless.

The victims were in the mountains of concrete, twisted steel and rubble for more than a hundred buildings in both cities and adobe houses in the surrounding villages or pancakes partially collapsed Sunday's earthquake caught. About 80 high-rise buildings collapsed in Erciş, a town of 75,000 near the Iranian border, in an area prone to earthquakes in Turkey.

Cranes and other heavy equipment up concrete slabs, so that residents dig for the missing shovel.

Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said the quake killed 279 people and injured 1,300, although the search and rescue operations could end as early as Tuesday. Authorities said the dead were 10 students who are learning about the Koran in a religious school that collapsed.

Families of victims in a mosque called Erciş.

"My nephew, his wife and children, all three dead. May God protect us from this type of pain," said resident Kursat lap.

The bodies were pulled from the rubble still late Monday night. Dozens of people were placed in plastic bags or blankets, in rows, so that people could afford their missing relatives are looking for.

"It's my wife's grandson. It remained under the rubble," said Mehmet Emin Umac.

Several other men took the body of a baby wrapped in white cloth and weeping family members followed.

However, there were some happy moments. Akay Yalcin a collapsed six-story building, dug with a leg injury after an emergency call on his cell phone call and told the operator where he was, told Turkish news agency Anadolu. Three others, including two children, were also rescued in the same building Erciş 20 hours after the earthquake.

Two other survivors were trapped for more than 27 hours.

Antakyali Abdurrahman, 20, was taken from an internet cafe falls apart after a rescue operation for eight hours together teams of Turkey and Azerbaijan. His father and brother wept for joy when he left, Anatolia.

Tugba Altinkaynak, 21, had a family to eat at lunch with 12 other relatives when the earthquake struck. Four members were once alive, but took his mother and the others were still missing late Monday night. Altinkaynak, who was conscious and covered in dust, was placed on a stretcher and rushed to an ambulance.

Aid agencies rushed to help set up tents, field hospitals and kitchens, thousands left homeless or too afraid to return to their homes. Many residents spent a second night worn out.

Posted By: Mian Shakeel Aslam

Source: http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2011/10/24/turkeys_72_earthq...