The number of people who died in powerful earthquakes in southern Türkiye has surpassed 12,000, a government agency said early Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports.
Türkiye’s disaster management agency, AFAD, said 12,391 people were killed and 62,914 others were injured in Monday’s quakes centered in Kahramanmaras province.
More than 13 million people have been impacted by the quakes.
For search and rescue operations to be carried out rapidly, Türkiye on Tuesday announced a three-month state of emergency in the quake-hit provinces.