During his go to to the southern Hatay province, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with earthquake victims and miners collaborating within the rescue effort.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has visited the Kirikhan and Iskenderun districts of the quake-hit Hatay province in southern Türkiye.
After his go to to a coordination centre within the Kirikhan district on Sunday, Cavusoglu met with miners who took half in rescue efforts, and locals affected by earthquakes.
He confused that the federal government will bind up the injuries of the earthquake victims.
The Turkish overseas minister famous that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will once more go to the earthquake-hit areas subsequent week.
He then moved to Iskenderun and visited Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) centre within the district.
Cavusoglu additionally visited a tent metropolis arrange for earthquake victims within the centre of Iskenderun.
At least 41,020 folks have been killed and over 108,000 injured in two highly effective earthquakes that rocked southeastern Türkiye on February 6, based on the newest official figures.
The 7.7 and seven.6 magnitude earthquakes, centred within the Kahramanmaras province, affected greater than 13 million folks throughout 11 provinces, together with Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Elazig and Sanliurfa.
Several international locations within the area, together with Syria and Lebanon, additionally felt the sturdy tremors that struck Türkiye within the area of lower than 10 hours.
In Syria, not less than 5,840 folks have been killed.
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Source: AA
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