“My family is in, how can I leave?”

“My family is in, how can I leave?”
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After his treatment in the hospital, earthquake survivor Orhanoglu has returned to the building he used to live, waiting for his relatives to be rescued

Mehmet Orhanoglu, an earthquake survivor in Malatya is waiting in front of a collapsed building in hope to hear good news from his relatives stuck underneath the rubble.

“My family is in there, how can I leave,” Orhanoglu who returned “home” after his treatment in the hospital, told Arti Gercek.

Rescued from the rubble five hours after the quake, has waited in front of the building all night long.

“I have two brothers left in the rubble. The wife and the son of my brother are in there,” he said.

Malatya is one of the most affected among ten provinces that were hit by massive earthquakes on Monday.