In freezing cold, rescuers are busy Wednesday, February 8, to try to rescue survivors of the earthquake of a magnitude of 7.8, which occurred Monday at dawn and which shook the south-east of Turkey and neighboring Syria.
Bad weather is complicating the task of rescue and the Turkish Interior Minister warned on Tuesday that the next 48 hours would be "crucial" to find survivors.
International aid has started to arrive in Turkey where national mourning has been declared for seven days.
The death toll there currently stands at 5,894. This is already the worst death toll that Turkey has known since 1999, when 17,000 people died, including a thousand in Istanbul.
In Syria, at least 2,400 people have died according to the authorities.
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