Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that 35,418 people have died as a result of last week's quakes, making the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. 9News
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that 35,418 people have died as a result of last week's quakes, making the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago.Erdogan said there had been 105,505 people injured as a result of the February 6 quakes centered around Kahramanmaras.
The toll is nearly certain to rise as search teams turn up more bodies — and the window for finding survivors was closing. In Adiyaman province, rescuers reached 18-year-old Muhammed Cafer Cetin, and medics gave him an IV with fluids before attempting a dangerous extraction from a building that crumbled further as rescuers were working.
A man walks between trains using as shelters, in Iskenderun city, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. In the Turkish port city of Iskenderun, displaced families have sheltered in train carriages since last week.
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