Türkiye earthquake: external situation report no.7: 3–16 April 2023

More than two months after the devastating earthquakes that struck the Kahramanmaraş province in Türkiye on 6 February and 20 February, a state of emergency remains in place for the 11 provinces directly affected by the earthquakes where 50 339 people lost their lives, including more than 6800 foreign nationals, mainly Syrians. 

To date, there have been more than 22 500 aftershocks, and nearly 307 000 buildings and 893 000 independent units were damaged throughout the region. On 3 April, the AFAD declared six additional provinces, Bingöl, Kayseri, Mardin, Tunceli, Niğde and Batman, as “disaster areas affecting general life” due to the presence of moderately and heavily damaged buildings identified in a recent earthquake damage assessment.