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Turkey's earthquake death toll rises to 45,968: interior minister

Turkey's earthquake death toll rises to 45,968: interior minister

Rubble of a building destroyed in Antakya, Turkey, after the earthquake struck. (Credit: Mohammed Yassin/L'Orient Today)

ISTANBUL — Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Saturday that the death toll in Turkey from last month's massive earthquakes has risen to 45,968.

Speaking in the southern city of Antakya devastated by the earthquakes, Soylu said 4,267 of the people killed in Turkey were Syrian citizens.

ISTANBUL — Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Saturday that the death toll in Turkey from last month's massive earthquakes has risen to 45,968.

Speaking in the southern city of Antakya devastated by the earthquakes, Soylu said 4,267 of the people killed in Turkey were Syrian citizens.