Ankara-SANA
The number of victims of the devastating earthquake that struck southern Turkey at dawn last Monday has risen to more than 18,000.
The Anadolu Agency quoted the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Center as saying: 18,342 people died and 74,242 others were injured in the earthquake, and 75,780 people were evacuated from the affected area in southern Turkey.
A previous toll indicated that 12,873 were killed and 62,937 others were injured in the earthquake.
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