Bayrakli, Turkey, Nov 3 (AFP/APP):A three-year-old girl was pulled from rubble Tuesday, 91 hours after a powerful earthquake hit western Turkey, offering a ray of hope for grieving families as the death toll soared past 100. But only hours after Ayda Gezgin was miraculously recovered in the hard-hit town of Bayrakli, rescuers found the lifeless body of her mother Fidan, 38, in the same room of their destroyed apartment. Turks have been riding waves of emotion, from profound grief to elated relief, depending on whether bodies or survivors are extracted from the broken slabs of highrise buildings levelled by Friday’s 7.0-magnitude quake. Felt as far away as Athens, the quake killed two teenagers on their way home from school on the Greek island of Samos, where some homes collapsed. But most of the damage struck in and around Turkey’s Aegean resort city of Izmir, where the death toll reached 109 on Tuesday. None of the Turkish coastal towns were hit harder than Bayrakli, a suburb of Izmir dotted with seven- and eight-floor apartment buildings, dozens of which were either damaged or completely destroyed. ‘Smiling eyes’ The joy and grief felt by the Gezgin family within a matter of hours encapsulates … Continue reading ‘Miracle’ girl, 3, rescued 91 hours after Turkey quake