Earlier media stories urged that Atsu and his membership director Tanur Savut, who have been believed to be in Turkey on the time of the incident, have been left underneath the rubble.
It was additional reported that the search operations led to the rescue of a few of Atsu's teammates.
Greater than 2,000 folks have died to this point and rescuers are struggling to drag survivors from the rubble after a devastating earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, leaving destruction and particles on both sides of the border.
One of many strongest earthquakes to hit the area in a century jolted residents from their beds round 4 a.m. Monday and despatched tremors so far as Lebanon and Israel.
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake was epicentered 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) east of Nurdagi in Turkey's Gaziantep province at a depth of 24.1 kilometers (14.9 miles), the USA Geological Survey (USGS) stated.
Christian Atsu got here off the bench to attain for Hatayspor within the Turkish league final evening.
The 31-year-old scored his first aim for the membership as Hatayaspor beat Kasimpasa.
“An vital win for the workforce. I'm glad to get on the scoresheet,” wrote the previous Chelsea participant on Twitter.
Atsu was introduced on within the 82nd minute for his third look of the marketing campaign, changing French striker Rayan Aabid.
Atsu scored in stoppage time and it was the distinction within the Spherical of 23 fixture as Hatayspor moved out of the relegation zone to 14th within the desk.
