More than 7,000 relief workers from 61 countries are in Turkey assisting in search and rescue efforts, following Monday’s earthquakes, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
A total of 97 countries have sent aid to Turkey as well.
There were an overall of 141,000 Turkish and foreign rescue workers on site, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
More than 76,000 people have been evacuated from the earthquake area, he said.
The quakes at the Syrian-Turkish border area have so far claimed the lives of more than 22,000 people in both countries.
The search for survivors continues, in spite of dwindling hope.
The first quake hit early on Monday morning with a magnitude of 7.7. This was followed at midday by another quake with a magnitude of 7.6.
According to Turkish authorities, there have been over 1,000 aftershocks since then.
dpa/NAN
