Istanbul / NINA / – The Turkish Minister of Interior, Suleiman Soylu, announced that the number of victims of the earthquake that struck southern Turkey at the beginning of last month had risen to 45,986.
Soylu said in a press conference held last night at the Coordination Center of the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency “AFAD” in the southern province of Hatay: The death toll under the rubble and in hospitals following the earthquake reached 45,986 people, including 4,267 Syrians who were inside the lands. Turkish.
He pointed out that 13,072 aftershocks were recorded following the two violent earthquakes that occurred in Kahramanmaraş on February 6, and that the destruction included 11 states in the south of the country./ End
Source: National Iraqi News Agency