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Reports that Christian Atsu has been found alive have been denied by Kerim Alici, one of his Hatayspor team-mates.
More than 2,600 people have been killed and thousands more injured after the catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria overnight, flattening neighbourhoods while families were asleep.
A search and rescue operation was launched for the former Chelsea and Newcastle man, and it had been reported by Portuguese outlet A Bola that he had been found - though an Instagram post from Kerim Alici denied the information.
Two of his Hatayspor team-mates as well as members of the technical staff were said to have been pulled out of the rubble earlier in the day.
The death toll in southern Turkey and northern Syria continues to rise following the two earthquakes which have wrecked towns and smaller settlements across a large region.
Reports that Christian Atsu has been found alive were denied by the player's team-mate
More than 1,400 people have been killed and thousands more injured following the quake which hit Turkey and Syria - with a second 7.5 quake hitting several hours after the first
Newcastle have posted a message on social media in which they said they were 'praying for good news'
Atsu's most recent message on Twitter followed his club's 1-0 victory on Sunday in which the 31-year-old scored the winner in the seventh minute of stoppage time
The initial earthquake struck overnight, with a Richter scale magnitude of
