Erdogan: State of emergency in 10 provinces to begin

A three-month state of emergency in 10 provinces impacted by the quake will come into effect on Thursday, the Turkish president has announced.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed that the measure would be enforced following a parliamentary vote.

He was speaking during an inspection of search and rescue efforts in the Gaziantep province, the epicentre of Monday's earthquake.

Erdogan says he will use state of emergency powers to crack down on “sedition groups” that abuse the aftermath of the earthquake and “lead to corruption in trade”

Also to prevent “looting in markets and shopping Centers”
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The emergency measure will be in place in Kahramanmaras, Adana, Hatay, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Malatya, Sanliurfa, Kilis and Osmaniye.

Erdogan said that the measure would help to crack down on "seditious groups" that seek to exploit the aftermath of the quake, and "prevent looting in markets".