Survivors have been nonetheless being dug out of the rubble in earthquake-hit Turkey, however for a lot of grieving households their solely hope is that the stays of their family members will probably be discovered in order that they will mourn at their grave website. “Would you pray to discover a lifeless physique? We do … to ship the physique to the household,” stated bulldozer operator Akin Bozkurt as his machine clawed on the rubble of a destroyed constructing within the city of Kahramanmaras. “You get better a physique from beneath tonnes of rubble. Households are ready with hope,” Bozkurt stated. “They wish to have a burial ceremony. They need a grave.” In accordance with Islamic custom, the lifeless must be buried as shortly as attainable. The pinnacle of Turkey’s Catastrophe and Emergency Administration Authority, Yunus Sezer, stated the search and rescue efforts would largely finish on Sunday night time. Greater than 46,000 folks have been killed after the 7.8-magnitude quake struck Turkey and Syria on February 6. The toll is anticipated to soar, with some 345,000 residences in Turkey now identified to have been destroyed, and plenty of nonetheless lacking.