With roads badly damaged in the earthquake, the Turkish Defence Ministry has mobilised a fleet of aircraft operating along a specially created air corridor to fly rescuers and equipment into the region.

They also use planes to take the survivors and injured to a place of safety in other parts of the country.

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar unveiled the air corridor saying: “We mobilised our planes to send medical teams, search and rescue teams and their vehicles to the earthquake zone.”