An apartment building in northwestern Turkey has collapsed, trapping a family of five under the rubble and killing four of them.

State-run TRT news channel identified those who died as members of the Bilir family: father Levent, 43, mother Emine, 37, daughter Hayrunnisa, 14, and son Muhammed Emir, 12, following the collapse in the city of Gebze.

Rescuers saved the eldest sibling, 18-year-old Dilara Bilir, and recovered the bodies of the younger children by Wednesday evening, but the search for the parents continued.

Deputy Interior Minister Mehmet Aktas told reporters on Thursday morning the bodies of the parents were recovered overnight.

TRT said 627 rescuers were deployed on-site.

While state-run Anadolu Agency stated the cause of the seven-storey building's collapse was unknown, Ma

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