The 46-member rescue team led by Bangladesh Army joined the post-earthquake rescue operations and assistance in Turkey on Friday.
Confirming the news, Senior Staff Officer (media cell) at Fire Service and Civil Defense headquarters Shahjahan Sikder said the rescue team left by bus for Adiyaman city.
The expert team reached the quake-hit country by Air Force aircraft C-130 at 9:45pm Thursday Bangladesh time after a 24-hour journey.
The team consists of a 24-member medium rescue team from the army, a 10-member medical team and 12 members from the fire service and civil defence. The rescue team is led by Bangladesh Army's Lt Col Md Ruhul Amin, PSC.
Bangla TribuneFollowing the deadly earthquake, governments around the world were quick to respond to requests for international assistance in Turkey and Syria, deploying rescue teams and offering aid.
Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria as the death toll passed 21,000 on Friday.
Rescuers in Turkey and Syria dug with their bare hands have been hunting for survivors among the rubble of thousands of buildings felled in a series of violent earthquakes - already Turkey's deadliest since 1999 - that hit in the early hours of Monday.
