Over 23,700 is the death toll from earthquake in Turkey, Syria

Monday's 7.8-magnitude strike has left the death toll well beyond the 17,000 it was in 1999 when an earthquake hit the northern part of Turkey.

President Recep Tayip Erdogan has stressed during the visit to Adiyaman that the government's response could have been better.

We already have the largest search and rescue team in the world. It is true that search efforts are not as fast as we would like”, he said.