A joint rescue team of Bangladesh has recovered four bodies of a family as the team continues to play its part in the rescue effort in Turkey following the February 6 earthquake, one of the deadliest natural disasters ever to hit the region.
The team conducted the rescue operation at Jim Hurriyet Mahallesi in Adiyaman city on Tuesday.
Led by the Bangladesh army, the team rescued one person and recovered 19 bodies in earthquake-devastated Turkey so far, the Fire Service and Civil Defence said in a statement.
The bodies of a man, a woman and their two children were recovered on Tuesday.
Later, the bodies were handed over to their relatives.
Besides the Bangladesh team, rescuers from other countries also took part in Tuesday's operation, the statement said.
The team consisting of 34 members from the army and 12 from the fire service left Dhaka on February 8 at 10pm and reached Turkey's Adana Military Air Base on February 9 at 9:46pm.
Nine survivors were rescued from the rubble in Turkey on Tuesday, more than a week after a massive earthquake struck, as the focus of the aid effort shifted to helping people now struggling without shelter or enough food in the bitter cold.
The disaster, with a combined death toll in Turkey and neighbouring Syria exceeding 41,000, has ravaged cities in both countries, leaving many survivors homeless in near-freezing winter temperatures.
