Rising toll makes quake worst in Turkey’s modern history

Mr Erdogan said 105,505 people were injured as a result of the February 6 quake centred around Kahramanmaras and its aftershocks

People stand by a collapsed building in Adiyaman, southern Turkey (Emrah Gurel/AP)

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Tuesday that 35,418 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week’s earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country’s founding 100 years ago.

Confirmed deaths passed those recorded from the massive Erzincan earthquake in 1939 that killed around 33,000 people.