About 16,000 residents of the country were injured. Seven days of national mourning have been declared for the dead.
As a result of the strong earthquake in Turkey, 2,921 people died and 15,834 were injured. This was reported on February 7 by the Anadolu agency, citing the head of the Turkish Emergency Management Agency (AFAD), Yunus Cesar.
First, the vice-president of the country, Fuat Oktay, announced that a total of 7,840 people were rescued from the ruins alive.
He added that 338,000 people were accommodated in dormitories, educational institutions and residences.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared seven days of national mourning in Turkey for the victims of the natural disaster.
It will be remembered that on February 6, two earthquakes with a magnitude greater than seven occurred in the southeast of Turkey. One at 04.17 local time (7.7 points), the second – at 13.24 (7.6 points). Due to the elements, neighboring Syria suffered.
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