The official death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and neighbouring Syria has risen to more than 11,200, as the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, toured the stricken epicentre.
Rejecting mounting criticism of the authorities’ response to Monday’s 7.8-magnitude quake and calls for the government to send more help to the disaster zone, Erdoğan, visiting the worst-hit provinces of Hatay and Kahramanmaraş, said on Wednesday the rescue operation was getting better by the day.
