officials Turkey Due to the earthquakes recorded on February 6 in Kahramanmaraş (south) province, which is close to the border with Istanbul, the death toll has risen to over 43,500 this Thursday. SyriaA country where around 4,000 people also died, a total of more than 47,000 deaths between both regions.
Turkish interior minister Suleyman SoyluIn his statements to the Turkish television channel TRT Haber, he stated that 43,556 deaths have been confirmed so far, adding that the earthquake is “one of the strongest earthquakes in the world”.
“We are responsible to every citizen who lost his life”. This trauma can only be overcome with great unity and solidarity. We will come out of this process stronger.”
“We are sad. Our cities have been destroyed, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of hope. More than ever, we must keep this hope alive. We have to work even harder,” he said.
Likewise, he emphasized that nearly 8,000 aftershocks have been experienced since the first earthquake. it is 7.4 on the open Richter scale, While stating that 75 to 80 percent of the buildings in Kahramanmaraş were damaged.
It should be added to the balance of deaths in Turkey In Syria, 1,414 people died in government-controlled areas and 2,274 people died in rebel-controlled areas.According to Syrian Civil Defense data known as ‘white helmets’.
However, the number of earthquake victims in Syria much more difficult to calculate, especially in the northwest of the country, in the hands of rebel groups. The United Nations estimates Between 4,000 and 4,400 people According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), they would die in the area.