<p>Thirty people were pulled out alive from the debris of the tremor, said a statement issued on its website.<br /><br />Earlier today, during a visit to the quake-hit region, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had put the death toll at 37.<br /><br />The tremor hit the eastern province of Van just three weeks after a 7.2 magnitude quake hit the same region, killing more than 600 people.<br /><br />Two journalists were among those killed in the latest tremor.<br /><br />Rescue workers overnight retrieved the bodies of two reporters from the private Dogan news agency from the debris of a hotel which was toppled by the latest earthquake. They were 26-year-old Cem Emir and 58-year-old Sebahattin Yilmaz.<br /><br />Wednesday's quake was focused on Edremit town, some 15 kilometres from Van province, according to the Istanbul-based Kandilli Observatory.</p>
<p>Thirty people were pulled out alive from the debris of the tremor, said a statement issued on its website.<br /><br />Earlier today, during a visit to the quake-hit region, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had put the death toll at 37.<br /><br />The tremor hit the eastern province of Van just three weeks after a 7.2 magnitude quake hit the same region, killing more than 600 people.<br /><br />Two journalists were among those killed in the latest tremor.<br /><br />Rescue workers overnight retrieved the bodies of two reporters from the private Dogan news agency from the debris of a hotel which was toppled by the latest earthquake. They were 26-year-old Cem Emir and 58-year-old Sebahattin Yilmaz.<br /><br />Wednesday's quake was focused on Edremit town, some 15 kilometres from Van province, according to the Istanbul-based Kandilli Observatory.</p>