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Tessa Fox

Personal connection for Aussie in Turkey quake mission

Onur Ayyildiz has travelled to his parents' native Turkey to help in the earthquake aftermath. (Tessa Fox/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A grim but crucial mission continues for Australian rescue crews working in earthquake-devastated Turkey, where the task has a particularly personal connection for one of the team.

Onur Ayyildiz is among the 72-member delegation which arrived in Turkey on Sunday and has been working tirelessly since, helping recover bodies from rubble in the southern city of Antakya, forever hoping to find a survivor.

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