The death toll from powerful earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has increased to 29,000 people.
The death toll from earthquakes in Turkey on February 6 exceeded 24,500, Anadolu news agency quoted Vice President Fuat Oktay as saying.
According to Al Jazeera, more than 4,500 people have died in Syria after the quakes.
The number of injured in the two countries exceeds 80,000 people. Debris clearing work continues. Rescuers and doctors from 70 countries participate in the work.
The Turkish authorities have put on the wanted list 131 people who have already been found guilty of violating the rules for building houses that collapsed after the earthquake.
Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 hit southern Turkey on February 6 near Gaziantep city, where more than a million people live. Dozens of aftershocks were registered in Syria, Georgia and other countries.
The Turkish Embassy in Kyrgyzstan announced collection of humanitarian aid. A single deposit account has been opened in Kyrgyzstan to raise funds to help the victims.
