Ankara, Feb. 24 (BNA): The death toll from the two earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6 exceeded 50,000 on Friday, after Turkey announced that more than 44,000 people had been killed.
The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said the death toll in Turkey due to earthquakes rose to 44,218 on Friday night, Reuters reported.
As the reported death toll in Syria rose to 5,914, the total death toll in the two countries rose to more than 50,000.
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