Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey, announced on Sunday that the death toll from the devastating earthquakes in the southeast of the country has reached 48,000, with over 115,000 people also suffering injuries.
“The death toll has reached 48,000 and the number of injured has exceeded 115,000,” Erdogan said in a televised address to the nation from the Samandag district of Hatay province.
On Feb. 6, two earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 hit the southeastern regions of Turkey with an interval of nine hours.
Thousands of underground shocks that followed were felt in 11 Turkish provinces, as well as in the neighboring countries, of which Syria was the most affected. (Sputnik/NAN)