More than 15,000 people have died due to the earthquake in southern Turkey.
After a large-scale earthquake 11 days later in Turkey, rescuers managed to save a 14-year-old boy and two men.
This was announced today, February 17, by Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.
He said that a 14-year-old boy named Osman was saved 260 hours after the devastating tremors. According to the minister, the boy is now in a hospital in Antakya. He was rescued after rescuers heard sounds under the rubble.
After saving a life, rescuers managed to get two more. This time the men are 26 and 33 years old.
Earthquake in Turkey
On the morning of February 6th Turkey There was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8. More than 15,000 people died due to the earthquake in southern Turkey, a UNESCO monument was damaged.
At the same time, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey Vasily Bondar said that Ukrainians can attend the event and the center of Turkey, but it is better not to go to the regions affected by the earthquake.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported that as a result of powerful earthquakes in southern Turkey, 5 Ukrainians were killed, among them – family from Zaporozhye: 46-year-old Yuli Petrova and her two sons, 10-year-old Zakhar and 5-year-old Matvey.
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