Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said more than 8,500 people were killed and nearly 50,000 injured in the devastating earthquake in the southeast of the country. Words lead the way Anatolia.
Currently, the number of dead is 8 thousand 574, the number of injured is 49 thousand 133 people,” he said.
According to Erdogan, 6 thousand 444 buildings collapsed.
On February 6, numerous earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria. According to the Turkish Government Emergency Management and Prevention Agency (AFAD), after the first 7.7 magnitude earthquake that occurred in the Pazarcık region of Kahramanmaraş, a total of 312 tremors occurred.
Erdogan said the earthquake in Turkey was the most severe since 1939. He declared seven days of nationwide mourning until February 12.