This is an entry from: Turkey-Syria earthquake: As it happened
Turkish death toll climbs to 20,213
10 February 2023 19:40 GMT
The confirmed death toll in Turkey reached 20,213 people and 80,052 others were injured by two strong earthquakes, Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Friday.
A 7.8-magnitude quake struck the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep on Monday, followed by a 7.5-magnitude quake in the Kahramanmaras province shortly after.
Turkey's death toll has now surpassed the estimated death count from the 1999 Kocaeli earthquake that struck in the northwest part of the country, close to the city of Istanbul. Monday's earthquake is now the deadliest in Turkey since 1939.