Foreign Ministry Discloses Number Of Azerbaijani Citizens Dead & Evacuated From Turkiye
Date
2/10/2023 2:12:21 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Sabina Mammadli read more Four Azerbaijani citizens are reported dead as a result of the
destructive earthquake in Turkiye, Azernews reports per the Foreign
Ministry.
According to the ministry, they are Naila Bunyatova (born in
1980), Rana Mammadova (Okten), born in 1973, Sevinj Mammadova (born
in 1975), and Leyla Karli (born in 1976).
'We contacted the relatives of the quake victims. Leyla Karli
will be buried by her family in Türkiye, and relevant actions are
underway to send the remaining bodies to Azerbaijan. May Allah rest
the souls of the victims,' the ministry said.
Meanwhile, the process of evacuating Azerbaijani citizens from
Turkiye's Kahramanmaras and other quake-hit provinces
continues.
Since the start of the earthquake, 395 people have been sent to
Azerbaijan by nine buses, and 183 of them are already in
Azerbaijan, the ministry noted.
On February 8, 2023, 190 Azerbaijani citizens and their close
relatives, who are foreign nationals, were taken from the provinces
of Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Adana, and Hatay to Azerbaijan by
bus.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center reports that on
January 6, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit central Turkiye. The
epicenter of the earthquake was 26 kilometers off Gaziantep with a
population of about 1.06 million. The earthquake's epicenter was
located 7 km below the surface. According to Turkiye's Disaster and
Emergency Management Authority, three more earthquakes with
magnitudes of 6.4 to 6.6 shook the province of Gaziantep in
southeastern Turkiye.
At the time of writing, the overall death toll in Turkiye is
18,342, and the injured toll is 74,242.
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Sabina Mammadli is AzerNews' staff journalist, follow her on
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