This officials Turkey increased the total death toll to 48,448 With the earthquakes that hit the south of the country and northwest Syria at the beginning of February and the death toll was around 6,000.
According to the statements of Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu; More than 1.5 million households have applied for financial aid to repair the damage so far. Anadolu agency collects the ones registered in the houses, from light to heavy.
On the other hand, Soylu estimates that more than 10 thousand buildings were destroyed due to the earthquake. and now they await “immediate destruction” to avoid major catastrophes. More than 36,000 buildings have been destroyed so far.
With this new balance The total number of deaths in Turkey and Syria about 54,500 dead As a result of earthquakes that Turkish officials have classified as the “deadliest” in the country’s history.
Since the disaster, the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly valued “superhuman effort” It is run by medical personnel and the country’s emergency services, enabling Turkey to initiate “unprecedented” search operations.
Then came the February 6 earthquakes. More than 11,000 aftershocksAccording to AFAD data, it caused close to 6,000 deaths in Syria, but it is much more difficult to calculate the number of victims at the hands of rebel groups in the Arab country, especially in the northwest.