Erdogan called the Turkey earthquake the disaster of the century
The death toll from the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called the disaster of the century, has so far exceeded 21,000 people
This number is much higher than the 18,400 deaths in the 2011 earthquake in Fukushima, Japan, which also caused a tsunami
The death toll from the 1999 earthquake near Istanbul was also around 18,000 people
The World Health Organization, citing the high casualty numbers of this disaster, has warned of a major health crisis that could cause even more damage than the earthquake itself, and humanitarian organizations are also concerned about the spread of cholera, especially in Syria