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Türkiye earthquake: The death toll nears 46,000
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu says 45,968 people have lost their lives in the February 6 quakes that devastated parts of Türkiye.
The death toll from two devastating earthquakes that struck southern parts of Türkiye last month has risen to 45,968, the country’s interior minister said.
More than 13 million people in Türkiye have been affected by the quakes, which also hit Syria.
Soylu said the region has been rocked by more than 13,000 aftershocks since the disaster that also completely devastated hundreds of thousands of buildings.
On February 6, magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes struck 11 Turkish provinces — Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Elazig, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Sanliurfa.
