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A three-year-old girl was rescued from a collapsed building in the western Turkish city of Izmir on Monday, officials said, nearly three days after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea region which has killed 85 people.
Rescue efforts were continuing in eight buildings in Izmir where 83 people were killed, making Friday’s earthquake the deadliest in Turkey for nearly a decade. Two teenagers died on the Greek island of Samos, authorities said.
Television footage showed the girl, Elif Perincek, being pulled from the rubble and carried by rescuers on a stretcher to an ambulance, 65 hours after the earthquake struck.
Elif’s two sisters and brother were rescued along with their mother on Saturday, but one of the children subsequently died.
“A thousand thanks to you, my God. We have brought out our little one Elif from the apartment block,” Mehmet Gulluoglu, head of Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), wrote on Twitter.

Seven hours earlier, rescuers clapped in unison as 14-year-old Idil Sirin was removed from the rubble, after being trapped for some 58 hours. Her eight-year-old sister, Ipek, did not survive, NTV television reported.
More than 3,500 tents and 13,000 beds have been supplied to provide temporary shelter, according to AFAD, which said 962 people had been injured in Friday’s earthquake.
Turkey quake toll hits 60, man rescued from rubble after 33 hours
More than 740 victims have so far been discharged from hospitals, AFAD said.
It was the deadliest earthquake in Turkey since one in the eastern city of Van in 2011 which killed more than 500 people. A quake in January this year killed 41 people in the eastern province of Elazig.
Greek Prime Minster Kyriakos Mitsotakis called Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to offer his condolences for the “tragic loss of life from the earthquake that struck both our countries”, the Greek premier said in a Twitter post. “Whatever our differences, these are times when our people need to stand together.”

The two countries have for weeks been involved in heated disputes over Turkish energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean and the divided island of Cyprus.
Turkey lies in one of the world’s most active seismic zones and is crossed by numerous fault lines. In 1999, two earthquakes with a magnitude of more than 7 struck northwestern Turkey, killing about 18,000 people.
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Girl, 3, rescued from rubble, 65 hours after Turkey earthquake

Rescuers carry Elif Perincek, a three-year-old survivor, out of a collapsed building in Izmir, Turkey. Photo: Reuters

TOPSHOT - A crane lifhts the wreckage of a car as rescue workers search for survivors in the debris of a collapsed building on November 1, 2020 in the Bayrakli district of Izmir, after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey's western coast and parts of Greece. - Rescue workers were searching eight buildings in Izmir on November 1, despite dwindling hope for survivors, as the death toll of a powerful magnitude earthquake which hit western Turkey rose to 49. The 7.0-magnitude quake has also injured 896 in Turkey, the Turkish emergency authority AFAD said, after striking on Friday afternoon near the west coast town of Seferihisar in Izmir province. (Photo by AFP)

Rescue workers carry Idil Sirin, a 14-year-old survivor, out of a collapsed building after an earthquake in the Aegean port city of Izmir, Turkey November 2, 2020. Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD)/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.

Earthquake kills 25 in western Turkey and two people on Greek island of Samos

Rescuers search a site in the coastal province of Izmir, Turkey, on October 31, 2020. Photo: Reuters

Rescue workers try to save people trapped in the debris of a collapsed building, in Izmir, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing several people and injuring hundreds amid collapsed buildings and flooding, officials said.(AP Photo/Ismail Gokmen)

epa08626587 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis delivers a speech during a debate in the Parliament in Athens, Greece, 26 August 2020. The agreements with Italy and Egypt on the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) have been submitted for ratification in the plenary session of the Parliament. The draft laws of the Foreign Ministry submitted for ratification on the agreement with Italy for the delimitation of their respective maritime zones and with Egypt for the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone between the two states. In his speech Mitsotakis announced that 'Greece extends its territorial waters to the west from 6 to 12 miles'. EPA-EFE/KOSTAS TSIRONIS

Volunteers clear rubbles as they search for survivors in a collapsed building after a strong earthquake struck the country's western coast and parts of Greece, killing four people and injuring 120, in Izmir, on October 30, 2020. - A powerful earthquake hit Greece and Turkey, causing buildings to collapse and a sea surge that flooded streets in the Turkish resort city of Izmir. Greek public television said the quake also caused a mini-tsunami on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Samos, damaging buildings. The US Geological Survey said the 7.0 magnitude quake was registered 14 kilometres (8.6 miles) off the Greek town of Karlovasi on Samos. (Photo by MERT CAKIR / AFP)

Rescue operations take place on a site after an earthquake struck the Aegean Sea, in the coastal province of Izmir, Turkey, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

A woman watches as rescue workers try to save people trapped in the debris of a collapsed building, in Izmir, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing several people and injuring hundreds amid collapsed buildings and flooding, officials said.(AP Photo/Ismail Gokmen)

Turkey quake toll hits 60, as man rescued from rubble after being buried for 33 hours

Members of rescue services search in the debris of a collapsed building for survivors in Izmir, Turkey, after a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey's Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos on Friday. Photo: AP

A woman and a child stand amid a tent city set up by Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) after an earthquake in the Aegean port city of Izmir, Turkey, November 1, 2020. REUTERS/Murad Sezer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

epa08789297 Rescue workers and people search for survivors at a collapsed building after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the Aegean Sea, at Bayrakli district in Izmir, Turkey, 31 October 2020. According to Turkish media reports, at least 35 people died while more than 800 were injured and dozens of buildings were destroyed in the earthquake that struck on 30 October 2020. EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits a site of a collapsed building after an earthquake in the Aegean port city of Izmir, Turkey, October 31, 2020. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.

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Rescuers extricated the little girl, whose mother, brother and two sisters had been rescued two days earlier from another toppled building.


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Rescue came three days after strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece

More than a thousand people were injured, many more need shelter