“2824 buildings collapsed,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Sezer noted that the death toll from the incident has risen to 1,014.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that more than 9,000 people are involved in rescue operations after the earthquake.
According to the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov, the readiness to send Russian rescuers to Syria and Turkey has been indicated at the highest political level, Moscow is waiting for signals.