“We have lost 19 citizens. We have 221 people injured in Malatya and 551 people in Elazig, ”NTV quoted him as saying.
He also admitted that the number of victims may increase, since 30 people still remain under the rubble in Elazig.
Earlier it was reported about 18 dead and 553 injured after the earthquake in eastern Turkey.
The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, expressed solidarity with the people of Turkey in connection with the state of emergency.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in the eastern province of Turkey, Elazig in the evening of January 24 and was felt throughout the country. After the earthquake, 35 tremors with a magnitude of 2.7 to 5.4 were recorded.