China News Service, February 7 (Xinhua) According to Agence France-Presse, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a televised speech on the 7th that the earthquake in Turkey has killed 3,549 people in the country, and the 10 provinces affected by the earthquake in the southeast will enter the country. State of emergency for 3 months.
Data map: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"We decided to declare a state of emergency to ensure that our (rescue and recovery) work can be carried out quickly," Erdogan said.
Erdogan also said that as of now, the Turkish side has sent about 5,000 medical workers to the disaster-stricken area for rescue.
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks hit Turkey on the 6th.
Erdogan said that the earthquake has killed 3,549 people in Turkey and injured 22,168 others.