“18,000 gendarmes and 10,000 policemen were sent from all over Turkey.
We will also send another 10 thousand gendarmes in the near future, ”TASS quotes him.
Earlier it was reported that the first group of rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia reached their place of deployment in the province of Kahramanmarash, which was most affected by the earthquake, and will soon begin search and rescue operations.
Up to 3,432 people have died and 21,103 others have been injured as a result of tremors in Turkey, according to the latest data.
The Newinform edition reported that more than 100 Russian rescuers arrived in Turkey, which suffered from powerful earthquakes.