the death earthquake toll in Fuat Oktay, Turkey’s vice president, said southeastern Turkey exceeded 17,600 on Thursday.
in news Conference, Oktay 17674 said people They lost their lives in The recent disaster, while 72,879 citizens were injured, and 121 citizens were pulled from the rubble alive. in the past 24 hours.
He noted that search and rescue operations in Kilis and Şanlıurfa districts have been completed and are about to be completed complete in Adana, Osmaniye and Diyarbakir provinces.
there currently 120,340 emergency personnel are working on Earth, including 6,479 from 75 countries, the vice president said.
to conduct search and rescue operations out Quickly, Turkey agreed to the state of emergency for Three months in 10 provinces, including Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Şanlıurfa.
The country celebrates seven days national Mourning after earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6.
