DNA test helps reunite mother with baby 54 days after Turkey earthquake rescue

Test helps confirm identity of baby’s mother who is receiving treatment in southern Turkey

A matching DNA test has helped a mother reunite with her baby who was rescued 128 hours after devastating twin earthquakes struck the Turkey-Syria border in February.

The baby was handed over to the mother on Saturday by the country’s Family and Social Services minister Derya Yanik, 54 days after her rescue, reported Anadolu agency.

The baby girl was named “Gizem”, a Turkish word meaning “mystery”, by nurses after being miraculously rescued alive from under the rubble after 128 hours in Turkey’s Hatay province.