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At least 912 people lost their lives, 5.385 were injured, and 2.470 have been found alive under the rubble of collapsed buildings, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated.

Turkish Jewish Community has distributed school stationary at two schools in Antep to contribute to Syrian refugee children’s education.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) denied it had any involvement in Monday’s deadly blast in the southeastern province of Gaziantep that killed nine people and injured 69. The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and human rights organizations also condemned the incident.

Eight people lost their lives and 61 were injured after explosives loaded inside a vehicle went off near a police station in the southeastern province of Gaziantep on Monday evening.

Of the 25 suspects in custody after operations in Gaziantep, 19 have been arrested. The trial will take place in Adana.

After a big operation against al-Qaeda in the city of Gaziantep on Thursday, 25 suspects were detained. On Monday there were taken to the prosecutor to give a statement.

The newly-founded Peace Parliament in Gaziantep has emphasised that "different languages, religions, confessions and cultures have lived together for centuries in this city."

The RSF has denounced the "precautionary" detention of Journalist Yetisgen, who used the expression "northern Kurdistan" in an article in his local newspaper in Gaziantep.