Turkish military sets up special air corridor to earthquake zone

Turkey earthquake: Defence Minister said that we have mobilised our planes to send medical teams, search and rescue teams and their vehicles to the earthquake zone.

The Turkish armed forces have set up an air corridor to enable search and rescue teams to reach the zone affected by the major earthquake in southern Turkey, the country's defence ministry said on Monday.

Turkish military sets up air aid corridor to earthquake zone. (AFP)

"We mobilised our planes to send medical teams, search and rescue teams and their vehicles to the earthquake zone," the statement cited Defence Minister Hulusi Akar as saying.