The earthquakes that killed more than 39,000 people in southern Turkiye and northern Syria produced more grieving and suffering along with extraordinary rescues and appeals for aid.
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"First, I held her hand," Eryilmaz told Turkiye's state-run Anadolu news agency about reaching her in the rubble. "We talked, chatted and calmed down. After that, we continued our work. ... We are very happy; it's the fifth life we saved." Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said 76 countries sent search and rescue teams to help Turkish personnel comb through collapsed buildings. Twelve of the foreign teams have returned home after completing their missions, he said.
Cavusoglu said his government also was working to ensure "urgent housing needs" were met with the local production of tents and containers that would be used for temporary shelter. At least two dozen Turkish Cypriot students taking part in a volleyball tournament in the Turkish city of Adiyaman died in the quakes, while many other people from Cyprus remained missing.Along with the more than 35,000 people killed in Turkiye, nearly 3,700 deaths were confirmed across the border in war-torn Syria, where the quakes multiplied the suffering of residents who had endured 12 years of civil war.
The United Nations launched a $397 million appeal Tuesday to provide aid for nearly 5 million Syrians for the coming three months. That was a day after the global body announced a deal with Damascus to deliver U.N. aid through two more border crossings from Turkiye to rebel-held areas of northwest Syria.CRACKS AND AFTERSHOCKS
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