President Erdogan meets with earthquake-affected people of Türkiye (PHOTO)

BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 9. President of the
Republic of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with
earthquake-affected people in the Turkish Gaziantep Province,
Trend
reports.

President Erdogan visited areas where tents for the victims had
been set up. The president personally supervises the progress of
search and rescue efforts in the disaster zone.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 hit southeastern Türkiye
on Feb. 6, 2023. The earthquake occurred at a depth of seven
kilometers in the Pazarcik region of Kahramanmaras Province. The
provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Osmaniye, Malatya, Adiyaman,
Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana and Kahramanmaras were subjected to
severe destruction.

The quake’s epicenter was located 26 km away from the city of
Gaziantep with a population of about 1.06 million. According to the
latest data, 16,170 people have been killed, and 64,194 have got
injured in the quake.