Thousands of survivors are leaving the earthquake-hit southeastern Turkey as two prominent airlines in the country announced a free-of-cost evacuation drive on Sunday. Turkish Airlines and Pegasus Airlines are offering free tickets to people affected by the earthquake in order to get them to a safer location.
College and university hostels, tourist resorts in provinces such as Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya have been reserved for affected people, according to India Today. Many people from Gaziantep, Nurdagi and Hatai have already left while many are gathered at the Gaziantep airport waiting to fly to a safer location.
The death toll, six days after the deadly earthquake hit southeast Turkey and northwest Syria, crossed the 33,000 mark on Sunday.
