Turkey reported that the death toll from the earthquakes rose to 44,218 people. This has been said by the Turkish Government Emergency Management Department, reports TASS.
Earlier, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu reported 43,556 deaths.
In the statement made by the institution, “According to the latest data, 44 thousand 218 citizens lost their lives as a result of earthquakes that occurred in 10 provinces of Turkey.”
The ministry added that after the earthquakes, there were 9,136 aftershocks.
On February 6, 2023, strong earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6 were recorded in Turkey. According to the World Health Organization, this earthquake was the worst natural disaster to occur in the European region in the last century.
On February 24, Reuters, Turkey’s introduced earthquake recovery plan As a result of the earthquakes that occurred in the country, more than 160 thousand buildings with 520 thousand flats were destroyed or severely damaged.