Syria-Turkey earthquake death toll surpasses 11,000

By Mehmet Caliskan, Huseyin Hayatsever and Ece Toksabay
Updated February 8 2023 - 10:28pm, first published 10:25pm
Search teams and aid are pouring into Turkey and Syria as rescuers work in freezing temperatures. (AP PHOTO)
Search teams and aid are pouring into Turkey and Syria as rescuers work in freezing temperatures. (AP PHOTO)

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has visited southern Turkey to see first-hand the destruction wrought by a massive earthquake as anger grew among local people over what they said was a slow government response to the rescue and relief effort.

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