Gaziantep is a city located in the southeastern part of Turkey near the border with Syria. A terrible earthquake occurred in this city on the early morning of Monday 6th.
The earthquake measured 7.8 on the Richter scale. This earthquake was followed by a succession of earthquakes. In this terrible earthquake, buildings collapsed and flattened in various cities of Turkey-Syria.
The earthquake struck in the early hours of the morning when people were sleeping in their houses and the houses collapsed to the ground. Thousands of people were trapped in the rubble.
Meanwhile, the death toll in the Turkey-Syria earthquake has crossed 45 thousand. The rescue operations of those trapped in the earthquake have been going on for several days.
In this situation, Turkey is planning to stop the rescue operations as of today, approaching 2 weeks after the earthquake.
In this case, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has gone to Turkey, which is affected by the earthquake.
He is visiting the earthquake affected areas there. It is noteworthy that the United States is providing various assistance to Turkey, which is affected by the earthquake.