MOSCOW, Feb 13 rescue team, as there is almost no chance of finding survivors after the earthquake, said Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro, spokesman for the Philippine Civil Defense Administration.
«We have received information that the Turkish government will not accept the second group of our rescuers,» local newspaper Inquirer quoted Alejandro as saying.
The reason for Turkey's refusal was that the critical 72 hours after the earthquake for the search for survivors had already passed. It is this period of time that is considered the most favorable period for rescue operations.
«We were told that the time for rescue had already passed, and there were almost no survivors,» a representative of the civil defense department explained.
According to the newspaper, 82 Filipino volunteers have been conducting search and rescue operations in Turkey for the fourth day.
An earthquake of magnitude 7.7 occurred on February 6 in the south-east of Turkey. It, according to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, was the strongest since 1939. On the afternoon of the same day, another earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck. The death toll in Turkey, according to the latest data, has reached 31,643 people. In Syria, also affected by the earthquake, according to the latest WHO information, about 8.5 thousand people died.