“Due to the consequences of the devastating earthquakes with the epicenter in Kahramanmarash, Turkish universities will switch to fully distance learning,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

The head of state noted that residents of the disaster zone will be accommodated in all dormitories that are on the balance of the state.

Earlier, Erdogan said that the death toll from earthquakes in Turkey has reached 21,043.

In the province of Hatay in Turkey, an earthquake caused a fault more than 200 meters wide.