The death toll from the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria has risen to more than 15,000 people, as new bodies are being recovered from the rubble of destroyed houses in the affected area, the Turkish disaster management agency said on Thursday.
The agency reported that 12,391 people were confirmed killed in Turkey as a result of an earthquake early on Monday morning and a series of aftershocks that destroyed thousands of buildings in southeastern Turkey.
It is reported that another 2,902 people were killed on the other side of the border in Syria.
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2023 February 09 (Thursday) 09:26:10
According to the latest data, 9057 people died in Turkey /UPDATED/
As of the morning of February 9, 12,391 people were killed in the earthquake zone in Turkey, CNNTurk reports.
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2023 February 08 (Wednesday) 20:05:03
According to the latest data, 9057 people died in Turkey
Baku/08.02.23/Turan: As of Wednesday evening, the death toll in the earthquake in Turkey amounted to 9057 people, said President Erdogan, speaking in Hatay region.
According to him, this is data from 10 provinces affected by the disaster.
In addition to the destruction of housing, the earthquake also destroyed the infrastructure - roads and railways. -0-
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