Turkish foreign minister, US secretary of state discuss situation in quake-hit Türkiye

Mevlut Cavusoglu, Antony Blinken speak about ongoing relief operations in phone call

By Diyar Guldogan

ANKARA (AA) – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke about the situation in Türkiye’s earthquake-hit southern region in a phone call on Thursday.

Cavusoglu and Blinken also discussed ongoing relief operations in the affected areas.

More than 16,500 people have been killed and over 66,100 injured after two powerful earthquakes jolted southern Türkiye on Monday, according to latest official figures.

The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, centered in the Kahramanmaras province, have impacted some 13 million people across 10 Turkish provinces, including Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa.

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