24 Aug 2026
Death toll in Turkey reaches 3,400 /UPDATED/
As of 11 am on February 7, the death toll in Turkey has reached 3400 people.
20.5 thousand injured, more than 300 thousand people placed in shelters
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2023 February 07 (Tuesday) 09:21:11
Death toll in Turkey reaches 3,000
Baku/07.02.23/Turan: The death toll from the devastating earthquake in southern Turkey has reached 2921, the head of the Turkish Emergency Department (AFAD) Yunus Cesar said on the morning of February 7. Another 15,834 people were injured, he said.
Earlier, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said that a total of 7,840 people were pulled out of the rubble alive. Debris removal continues, the number of victims will increase.
Oktay added that 338,000 people have been accommodated in hostels, universities and shelters.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared seven days of national mourning in Turkey for the victims of the natural disaster.
According to seismologists, on February 6 in the south-east of Turkey, two earthquakes with a magnitude of more than seven occurred in a day (at 04:17 - 7.7, and at 13:24 - 7.6).
Turkish authorities urged the population not to return to their homes due to fear of aftershocks.
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