Death toll from earthquakes exceeds 35,000

It has been 10 days since two earthquakes measuring 7.7 and 7.6 in Kahramanmaraş. In a statement he made following the cabinet meeting, President Erdoğan announced that 35,418 people lost their lives in the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş. In a statement he made following the cabinet meeting, President Erdoğan announced that 35,418 people lost their lives in the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş. Erdoğan said, "13,208 of our injured are still under treatment in our hospitals." 195,962 disaster victims were evacuated from the provinces affected by the earthquake. The statement made by AFAD is as follows: "On 06.02.2023, two earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 centered in Pazarcık and 7.6 centered in Elbistan occurred in Kahramanmaraş province. Following the earthquakes, 2,724 aftershocks occurred. A total of 35,495 search and rescue personnel, consisting of AFAD, PAK, JAK, JÖAK, DİSAK, Coast Guard, DAK, Güven, Fire Department, Tahlisiye, MEB, NGOs and international search and rescue personnel are working in the region. As a result of the meetings held with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the number of search and rescue personnel coming from other countries is 9,793. In addition, the number of field personnel assigned from AFAD, Police, Gendarmerie, MSB, UMKE, Ambulance Teams, Volunteers, Local Security and Local Support Teams, and the total number of personnel working in the region is 238,459. Excavators, tow trucks, cranes, dozers, trucks, water tenders, A total of 12,322 vehicles including construction machines such as trailers, graders, vacuum trucks, etc. were dispatched. More than 40 governors, 152 local administrators, 19 AFAD senior managers and 68 provincial directors were assigned to the disaster areas. In addition, 13 ambassadors and 17 Ministry of Foreign Affairs personnel were assigned to the region for the coordination of international aid. An air bridge was established to transfer personnel and equipment to the region. A total of 4,097 sorties were made with 170 helicopters and 76 aircraft affiliated with the Air Force, Land Forces, Naval Forces, Coast Guard Command, Gendarmerie General Command, General Directorate of Security, Ministry of Health and General Directorate of Forestry. A total of 26 ships, 24 by the Naval Forces Command and 2 by the Coast Guard Command, were assigned to the region for the transfer of personnel and equipment and for the evacuation of disaster victims. THY continues evacuations The flights organized by Turkish Airlines (THY) to transport search and rescue teams to the earthquake region and to evacuate disaster victims from the region continue. In a statement made by the Turkish Airlines Press Office, it was stated that 19,878 more disaster victims were planned to be evacuated from the earthquake zone with 109 evacuation flights to be carried out today, and 19,770 people of search and rescue team were planned to be transported to the region with 118 flights. It was stated in the statement that since the disaster, 173,564 people of search, rescue and aid team were transported to the disaster area with 997 transfer flights carried out by Turkish Airlines, and 165,073 people were evacuated from the region with 1,002 flights.