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'My family in Turkey have lost everything... but they are alive and that's all that matters'

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When Tekin Akdulum woke to the news that a catastrophic 7.8-magnitude earthquake had hit his home country, the first thing he did was open his family's Whatsapp group.

His parents live in East Turkey, but other relatives including aunties, uncles, and cousins all still live in his birth town of Adiyaman - just a few hours away from the epicentre.

Buildings there have been reduced to rubble, as rescuers were still pulling survivors from the wreckage several days on from the disaster.

It's estimated over 36,000 people have been killed in one of the world's most devastating natural disasters. Around 5,800 people have died after the earthquake also hit Syria. READ MORE: How people in Greater Manchester can help after Turkey and Syria earthquake For Tekin, 42, who owns a sweet shop in Didsbury and now lives with his wife and son in Bradford, news of earthquakes in Turkey don't come as a particular shock.

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