On February 20, 2023, foreign news agencies reported Turkey’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency has suspended almost all search operations for earthquake victims in Turkey, except for two provinces, Kahramanmaras. and Hatay Province After earthquakes of magnitude 7.8 and magnitude 7.5 in Turkey on Monday, February 6, 2023, affected people living in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria. bordering The death toll has risen to at least 46,000, with Turkey alone registering more than 44,000 deaths from the devastating quake, and Syria. At least 2,474 deaths were found.
Yunus Zizer, head of the Turkish National Disaster Mitigation Agency, told reporters in Ankara. Turkish capital that search and rescue operations for earthquake victims in Turkey have been completed. except in the province of Kahramanmaras which is the epicenter of a great earthquake and Hatay Province Rescue teams are still trying to help victims who are still trapped under the rubble of about 40 buildings in the two provinces that have collapsed.
However, although the death toll from the earthquake in Turkey has climbed past the figure of 46,000, but it is estimated that There are still many victims who have been ‘Buried alive’ trapped under the rubble of an apartment until it is expected that the number of deaths from this catastrophic event will be higher than this Approximately 345,000 apartments in Turkey have been damaged and many people are still missing. Neither Turkish nor Syrian authorities have given any number of people still searching for the missing.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken traveled to Turkey and inspect areas affected by major earthquakes by US Government $100 million in humanitarian assistance will be provided to Turkey.
