Death toll in Turkey exceeded 38 thousand

17 February 2023

The death toll from Turkey's devastating earthquakes has exceeded 38,000, the government's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency said Friday.

 

"According to the latest information, a total of 38,044 people died [in earthquakes] in Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Osmaniye, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya and Elazig. More than 4.7 thousand aftershocks occurred in the region since the first earthquake," the agency said.

 

 

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Based on materials from TASS