The Dhaka Times Desk Death toll in Türkiye and Syria earthquakes exceeds 15,000. According to official data, the bodies of 12 thousand 391 people in Turkey and 2 thousand 992 people in Syria have been recovered till Thursday (January 9) morning.
It shows that the total number of dead now stands at 15 thousand 383 people. - News Qatar-based media Al-Jazeera.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than two and a half million people were victims of this powerful earthquake. The organization has warned that the number of deaths may increase several times.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said his country was working to open two additional border gates to allow humanitarian aid to reach war-torn Syria.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said a conference was planned for March on sending international aid to Syria and Turkey, which were devastated by Monday's earthquake.
For the first time in the last 24 years, the Istanbul Stock Exchange announced that it will be closed for 5 days due to the earthquake.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already visited the disaster-hit area. He also admitted that the measures taken for the victims in the country after the major earthquake were insufficient.
It should be noted that this powerful earthquake hit the border region of Turkey and Syria at 4:17 am last Monday. The magnitude of the earthquake was 7.8 on the Richter scale. Since then there have been several earthquakes in the country.
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