bianet correspondents Ferid Demirel ve Hikmet Adal travelled from İstanbul to the Göksun district of Maraş, heavily hit by the two major earthquakes of February 6.

16,170 people died, 64,194 were injured and the confirmed number of collapsed buildings is 6,044 in February 6 earthquakes so far in Türkiye.

Health employees of the state hospital are working in fear since there are damaged parts of the hospital after the earthquake.

People were rescued alive 79 and 80 hours after the earthquake in Maraş, Hatay, and Malatya. Rescue efforts continue in eight cities.

"I am very sad to say but the figures will rise, and the pain will be stronger each day," said the opposition party leader and told President Erdoğan such a disaster cannot be managed using threatening language.

Official announcement made by the directorate of prisons states there were attempted jail escapes in both Hatay and Maraş prisons which were stopped. Three prisoners died in Hatay prison while there was no loss of life in Maraş.

AFAD announced that the number of those injured in the earthquakes is 62,937 as of this morning.

The killing of three prisoners during the “riot” was confirmed.

Presidents of CHP and İyi Party named access restrictions to Twitter evilness and requested an explanation.

The two correspondents were taken into custody on grounds that they did not have press cards given by the Communication Presidency.

Bodies not identified will be buried within 24 hours after their DNA samples, fingerprints, and photos are taken.

Several NGOs set up initiatives to help the animals in need.

The Directorate of Maritime Affairs announced that the fire that started in the containers toppled in the earthquake was brought under control. Another problem in the district is the sea level rise.

LGBTI+ and trans people face discriminatory rhetoric and have difficulty finding safe spaces, Mehmet an LGBTI+ activist in Gaziantep states.

The fire in the Limak Port in İskenderun started in the containers that toppled in the earthquake.

Anger is mounting in Türkiye, with many in the country criticizing that the authorities' response to the Maraş earthquakes is slow and inadequate.

At least 40,910 people are injured, and 8,000 have been pulled under the debris.

The opposition leader declared in his visit to the earthquake-hit areas that the government fails in their rescue and relief efforts and that they themselves will take up rescue and aid efforts.

Yakup Taş, Adıyaman MP of AKP, lost his life in the earthquake.

"The provisions are very clear. The parliament can only postpone elections due to war" says Associate Professor Didem Yılmaz from Bilgi University.