According to RIA Novosti, he said this during a telephone briefing.
According to him, emergency services provided more than 54,000 tents, 102,000 mattresses, and other necessary essentials to the affected citizens.
Erdogan added that, according to the latest data, the death toll from the earthquake had risen to 3,549. Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said more than 8,000 people had been rescued.
The Newinform edition reported that more than 100 Russian rescuers arrived in Turkey, which suffered from powerful earthquakes.