tags - Sinar Daily

The Malaysian MAS-01 SMART and MAS-10 teams, in a search and rescue effort following the deadly earthquake in Turkey. - BERNAMA

SMART MAS-01 search and rescue operations officer (SAR) Insp Muhamad Zul Khairi Idris says the first victim - a teenage boy - was taken out at 1.20 pm (6.20 pm Malaysian time) almost brought the team into tears.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - AFP

The MAS-01 SMART team deployed to Turkey conducting search and rescue operation of earthquake victims in Nurda. - BERNAMA

Rescuers carry out search operations among the rubble of collapsed buildings in Adiyaman, Turkey on Feb 9, 2023, three days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey. - (Photo by ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP)

MAF have sent 106 medical personnel, including 14 experts of various fields and 12 medical officers, to join the humanitarian aid mission for victims of the earthquake in Turkey. - BERNAMA

Rescuers carry out search operations among the rubble of collapsed buildings in Adiyaman, Turkey on Feb 9, 2023, three days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey. - (Photo by ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP)

Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) chief General Tan Sri Affendi Buang (third, right) seeing off the team deployed for the mission to set up a field hospital in Turkey to help victims of the recent earthquake. - Photo: MAF

The second Malaysian rescue team (MAS-10) deployed to assist in the SAR for Turkiye earthquake victims who already arrived in Gaziantep on Thursday evening, is still unable to enter ground zero due to logistics problems. - BERNAMA

Bulldozers work among the rubble of collapsed buildings in Adiyaman, Turkey on February 9, 2023, three days after a 7,8-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey. Photo by Ilyas Akengin/AFP.