Along with the construction of nearly 200,000 houses in the 11 affected provinces, 70,000 more houses will be built in quake-hit villages within the next year, says Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
One group of nearly 90 members of rescuers returns home after joining in search and rescue operations in Türkiye's Adiyaman, one of the 11 provinces, affected by the quakes on February 6.
Rescue team from Hungary, also known as HUNOR, was among the first groups that reached out to Türkiye after two major earthquakes jolted the country’s southeastern region on February 6.
Nearly 6,500 babies have been born in southeastern Türkiye since the powerful twin earthquakes shook the region on February 6, according to the Turkish health ministry.
Local official from the Ordekdede village says only three houses are left standing in his community while fault fractures that stretch for kilometres are seen nearby.
Rescuers from Albania express how emotionally painful it was for them to find earthquake victims in the rubble during their search and recovery effort in neighbouring Türkiye.
There are reports of some fatalities and the collapse of more buildings in Türkiye after another 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes the country's Hatay province which was devastated by massive tremors two weeks ago.
Only the recently built retaining wall of the Saint Pierre cave church, carved out of a mountainside in Antakya (Antioch) of St. Peter's ministry, suffered minor damage.
