Türkiye earthquake toll exceeds 48,000
Soylu said the toll in Türkiye included 6,660 foreign nationals, mostly Syrians, adding that authorities were still trying to identify 1,615 victims.
The death toll in Türkiye from February 6 earthquakes has risen to 48,448, The Interior Minister of the country Suleyman Soylu said on Monday, as authorities rush to set up container cities to house for the longer-term those left homeless by the disaster.
Speaking at a news conference in Malatya, one of the provinces hit by the quakes, Soylu said the toll in Türkiye included 6,660 foreign nationals, mostly Syrians, adding that authorities were still trying to identify 1,615 victims.
On February 6, the magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes struck 11 provinces — Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Elazig, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa in Türkiye.
More than 13.5 million people in Türkiye have been affected by the devastating quakes, as well as many others in northern Syria.
