3.5-month-old Vetin Begdas was pulled out of rubble 128 hours after quakes hit the country on Feb. 6
On Saturday, a baby was reunited with her mother after being rescued from the rubble in quake-ravaged southern Turkey.
Vetin Begdas, a three-and-a-half-month-old named ‘Mystery’ (Gizem in Turkish) by health officials, was saved in Hatay province 128 hours after earthquakes struck the country on Feb. 6. She was then transferred to a hospital in Ankara, Turkey’s capital.
Derya Yanik, Minister of Family and Social Services, reunited the baby with her mother Yasemin Begdas in Adana province, where the latter is receiving medical treatment.
The baby and mother have reunited thanks to a DNA test that confirmed their relationship. The baby’s father and two brothers were killed in the earthquakes, which killed over 50,000 people.
“The baby is truly miraculous. The fact that she lived and was healthily tugged at our heartstrings “Yanik stated.
“‘Mystery’ is now our baby as well,” she said, adding that the ministry will always be there for her.
