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Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Middle East correspondent Allyson Horn and Haidarr Jones in Antakya, Türkiye

An Australian man died in Türkiye's devastating earthquake. His nephew flew over to find his body

Ilyas took a moment to sit with the body of his uncle, who died in the devastating quake that rocked Türkiye last week.  (ABC News: Haidarr Jones)

Australian man Ilyas Pahali sat for minutes behind the body of his uncle, cross-legged and silent, after a week-long mission to dig it out of the rubble in the decimated city of Antakya in southern Türkiye.

Can "John" Pahali, 67, from Sydney, was visiting family in Antakya when a magnitude-7.8 quake struck south-east Türkiye and northern Syria one week ago, killing tens of thousands of people and burying him under the ruins of a house.

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