Turkey's national disaster agency said the earthquake's death toll in the country rose to 41,020 as of Sunday night. Including deaths in Syria, that brought the total to 44,708.
ISTANBUL — Turkey's disaster management agency says more than 6,000 aftershocks hit the disaster region in the days following the Feb. 6 earthquake.
Meanwhile, the Environment and Urbanization Ministry says nearly 106,000 buildings across the 11 Turkish provinces hit by the quake were either destroyed or so severely damaged they need to be pulled down.
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