Taha Erdem and his family were fast asleep when a 7.8 magnitude quake hit their hometown of Adiyaman in the early hours of Feb. 6 and buried them under a mountain of debris

EXCLUSIVE: Aleyna Ölmez, 17, went an incredible 248 hours without food or water before she was pulled from the ruins. Rescue teams continued to search for any sign of her brother.

Two enormous cracks in Earth's crust opened near the Turkish-Syrian border after two powerful earthquakes shook the region on Monday (Feb. 6), killing over 20,000 people.

Ibrahim Zakaria lost track of time drifting into and out of consciousness while trapped for nearly five days in the rubble of his home following the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria this week. Five days after two powerful earthquakes hours apart caused thousands of buildings to collapse, killing more than 28,000 people and leaving millions homeless, rescuers were still pulling unlikely survivors from the ruins — one of them just 7 months old. Although each rescue elicited hugs and shouts of “Allahu akbar!” — “God is great!” — from the weary men and women working tirelessly in the freezing temperatures to save lives, they were the exception in a region blanketed by grief, desperation and mounting frustration.

An Australian caught up in the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake disaster has been found alive and safe while two others remain missing.

MAILONLINE LIVE BLOG: This was MailOnline's live coverage of the Turkey earthquake on Monday, February 6.