The death toll in Turkey and Syria as a result of powerful earthquakes on February 6 reached 12,049 people. It is reported by NBC News.

According to Turkish President Recep Erdogan, at least 9,057 people were killed in his country, 52,979 people were injured of varying severity.. 8,000 people were saved.

Death toll in Syria reaches 2,992, 24,800 injured.

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Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar spoke earlier about the condition of Ukrainians who were rescued during the earthquake in Turkey.

Recall that, according to scientists, in Turkey in the coming years, a much more deadly earthquake could occur, as a result of which 15 million Istanbul could suffer.. The fact that an earthquake is inevitable, Okan Tuysuz, who was then the director of the Eurasian Institute of Geosciences at the Istanbul Technical University, stated back in 2006.