<p>A three-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble 91 hours after a powerful earthquake hit western Turkey, killing more than 100 people, officials and AFP reporters at the scene said.</p>.<p>"We have witnessed a miracle in the 91st hour," Izmir mayor Tunc Soyer tweeted. "Rescue teams pulled Ayda out alive. Along with the great pain we have experienced, we have this joy as well."</p>.<p>The mayor initially said she was four years old, but Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca later clarified she was three.</p>.<p>Ayda was rescued from a collapsed building in the Turkish town of Bayrakli, the worst affected by the 7.0 magnitude quake which struck Turkey and Greece on Friday afternoon.</p>.<p>As she was taken to safety and wrapped in a foil blanket, she called for her mother, an AFP correspondent said, as the anxious crowd broke into rapturous applause, with some hugging each other and others crying.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/turkey-continues-rescue-work-after-quake-death-toll-hits-81-910179.html">Turkey continues rescue work after quake, death toll hits 81</a></strong></p>.<p>There were also joyous shouts of "Allahu Akbar", or "God is Greater". The TRT state broadcaster gave her name as Ayda Gezgin.</p>.<p>The news channel NTV said she immediately asked for water and ayran, a salty drink made from yoghurt.</p>.<p>Rescuers said they became aware there was still someone alive at the site on Monday night, before painstakingly working to reach her.</p>.<p>She told them before she was saved: "I'm here," Milliyet daily reported, which said her mother still remained trapped underneath the rubble.</p>.<p>The rescue came a day after a four-year-old and a 14-year-old were found alive in the rubble of collapsed buildings in Bayrakli, providing hope that more people could still be rescued.</p>.<p>The death toll from the quake rose to 102 in Turkey on Tuesday, AFAD reported, with 1,026 people injured of which 143 remain in hospital.</p>.<p>Two teenagers on their way home from school were also killed in Greece.</p>.<p>Turkey has reported over 1,475 aftershocks following the quake, including 44 that were above four in magnitude.</p>.<p>With dozens of buildings damaged and the risk of repeated tremors, thousands of residents were forced to spend a fourth night in tents in Izmir.</p>.<p>The quake is the deadliest in Turkey this year after over 40 people were killed in the eastern provinces of Elazig and Malatya in January.</p>
<p>A three-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble 91 hours after a powerful earthquake hit western Turkey, killing more than 100 people, officials and AFP reporters at the scene said.</p>.<p>"We have witnessed a miracle in the 91st hour," Izmir mayor Tunc Soyer tweeted. "Rescue teams pulled Ayda out alive. Along with the great pain we have experienced, we have this joy as well."</p>.<p>The mayor initially said she was four years old, but Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca later clarified she was three.</p>.<p>Ayda was rescued from a collapsed building in the Turkish town of Bayrakli, the worst affected by the 7.0 magnitude quake which struck Turkey and Greece on Friday afternoon.</p>.<p>As she was taken to safety and wrapped in a foil blanket, she called for her mother, an AFP correspondent said, as the anxious crowd broke into rapturous applause, with some hugging each other and others crying.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/turkey-continues-rescue-work-after-quake-death-toll-hits-81-910179.html">Turkey continues rescue work after quake, death toll hits 81</a></strong></p>.<p>There were also joyous shouts of "Allahu Akbar", or "God is Greater". The TRT state broadcaster gave her name as Ayda Gezgin.</p>.<p>The news channel NTV said she immediately asked for water and ayran, a salty drink made from yoghurt.</p>.<p>Rescuers said they became aware there was still someone alive at the site on Monday night, before painstakingly working to reach her.</p>.<p>She told them before she was saved: "I'm here," Milliyet daily reported, which said her mother still remained trapped underneath the rubble.</p>.<p>The rescue came a day after a four-year-old and a 14-year-old were found alive in the rubble of collapsed buildings in Bayrakli, providing hope that more people could still be rescued.</p>.<p>The death toll from the quake rose to 102 in Turkey on Tuesday, AFAD reported, with 1,026 people injured of which 143 remain in hospital.</p>.<p>Two teenagers on their way home from school were also killed in Greece.</p>.<p>Turkey has reported over 1,475 aftershocks following the quake, including 44 that were above four in magnitude.</p>.<p>With dozens of buildings damaged and the risk of repeated tremors, thousands of residents were forced to spend a fourth night in tents in Izmir.</p>.<p>The quake is the deadliest in Turkey this year after over 40 people were killed in the eastern provinces of Elazig and Malatya in January.</p>