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Erdoğan inspects search and rescue efforts in earthquake-hit Gaziantep

"The state of emergency will be in effect following today's vote in parliament," President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said while inspecting search and rescue efforts in the southern Gaziantep province. The death toll in Turkey from this week's powerful earthquakes has risen to 14,351, with more than 63,700 injured.

Agencies and A News / Turkey
Published 09.02.2023 15:09
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Erdoğan said that more than 14,000 people were killed and nearly 64,000 others injured when two earthquakes-centered in the Kahramanmaraş province-on Monday jolted southern Türkiye, affecting more than 13 million people across 10 provinces, also including Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Şanliurfa.
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