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Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced the updated earthquake toll in Turkey as 48 thousand and 448 in the February 6 earthquakes centered in Maraş.
Making the announcement following a meeting in the Disaster and Emergency Presidency (AFAD) Malatya Province Coordination Center, Soylu informed that 6 thousand 660 among the death toll were foreign nationals, most of whom were from Syria.
The minister also announced that 1615 people who died in the February 6 earthquakes could not yet be identified. (AS/PE)