In the Turkish town of Elbistan, a young man sat atop a pile of collapsed concrete and twisted metal, staring for half an hour at a small opening in the ruins of what had been his family s home.
"His mother and sister are still under the rubble," a neighbour, Mustafa Bahcivan, said. The stench of dead bodies wafted through the cold, dusty air in Elbistan, epicentre of a powerful aftershock that struck hours after the devastating earthquake that killed more than 33,000 people in Turkey and neighbouring Syria one week ago.
By Henriette Chacar and Issam Abdallah ELBISTAN, Turkey (Reuters) - In the Turkish town of Elbistan, a young man sat atop a pile of collapsed concrete.