More arrests related to February 6 earthquakes
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Courts have arrested 218 suspects for their responsibility in the collapsing of or illegal alterations to buildings after the February earthquakes.
The authorities have identified a total of 869 suspects and imposed judicial control measures on 298 of them.
Eighty-one suspects were released from detention while four are still in custody. Five suspects were found to be abroad.
The earthquakesOn February 6, two earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6 struck the southern city of Maraş. The first quake in the Pazarcık district at 4.17 a.m. was followed by the second one in Elbistan about nine hours later. The quakes affected 11 cities in Türkiye's south and southeast, as well as Syria's northern parts, where over 5,000 people have died. Türkiye's death toll from the quakes stands at over 45,000 and is expected to increase further, as over 160,000 buildings were destroyed or severely damaged, according to government figures. Nearly two million people have been displaced due to the earthquakes. |
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