Interior Minister Soylu said that the loss of life in the earthquake disaster rose to 50. Soylu also said, “There are 399 unidentified people. There are some that will match and there are some that will not. Forensics is working," he said.
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced that the loss of life increased in Maraş and Hatay-centered earthquakes.
Speaking to CNN Türk, the Minister of Interior said, “The loss of life has increased to 50 thousand 399. There are 120 unidentified people. There are some that will match and there are some that will not. Forensics works. "Death is not explained very little, it is speculation, identification continues, the number can be updated," he said.
Explaining the process of determining the number of dead, Soylu said, “It is done as a result of the administrative determination of the prosecutor's office, the Ministry of Health and especially the headman and gendarmerie in rural areas. The General Directorate of Migration determines our Syrian brothers and sisters. All institutions work in cooperation here. What could be the consequence of misleading the public? We are trying to give the death toll whatever it is. Showing the number of people who died in the earthquake is useful for who and who does not. "These are rumors that have emerged to discredit the process," he said.