People stand next to an ambulance as rescuers search for victims of a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Diyarbakir, in southeastern Turkey (Photo: Mahmut BOZARSLAN/AFP)

Major quake levels buildings across southeastern Turkey

Local officials put the initial death toll at 15, although it threatened to climb much higher because it caught most people while they were still at home asleep.

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