An investigation has begun into last night's train accident in Turkey in which 36 people died.
The packed express train travelling from Istanbul to Ankara derailed, killing 36 people in one of Turkey's worst-ever rail disasters.
An earlier report in which it had been suggested as many as 139 people had been killed has been revised.
The train derailed near the town of Pamukova in northwestern Turkey at around 7:45 p.m., almost two hours after leaving Istanbul
"The information we have received from hospitals is that around 36 people were killed," Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told reporters at the scene of the disaster. He said 79 people were injured.
Officials suspect the accident was caused by a mechanical fault, and some observers blamed Turkey's underfunded, decrepit rail system. Transport officials said one of the rear wagons may have derailed first, pulling others off the line.
Emergency workers used sniffer dogs to search for survivors in the wreckage, while others carried corpses in plastic bags away from the train. Rescuers carried crying children covered in blood into a nearby hospital.
The densely populated area is close to the epicentre of a devastating 1999 earthquake that killed more than 18,000 people.