A 17-year-old pulled from the rubble of the Turkish earthquake after 94 hours has told how he avoided dying of thirst by drinking his own urine.

Adnan Muhammet Korkut had been trapped under tonnes of concrete and steel when the five-storey apartment block he was in collapsed around him.

Rescuers heard his faint cries for help as they sifted through the debris in Sehitkamil, Gaziantep Province, on 10th February.

Adnan emerged to cheers and applause from family, neighbours, relief workers, police, and paramedics waiting anxiously nearby.

As he was taken away on a stretcher, he sobbed uncontrollably as mum Pakize, dad Mehmet Korkut and his little brother all greeted him with relieved smiles.

Still lying on the stretcher, he revealed: “I’m fine, I survived by drinking my own urine. I survived thanks to God.”

Adnan was then taken away by ambulance for a hospital check-up.

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Pazarcik, Kahramanmaras Province, at 4.17am on 6th February. It was felt in nine more Turkish provinces.

Later that day, at 1.24pm, a 7.6-magnitude quake hit Elbistan, Kahramanmaras Province, and was followed by 1,117 aftershocks.

As per the latest update by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 18,991 people have died and 75,523 people have been injured in Turkey.

Along with the casualties in northern Syria, more than 22,000 people are confirmed dead.