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Searches volition proceed successful Kahramanmaras, the epicentre of the quake
Turkey has ended rescue efforts successful each but 2 provinces, astir 2 weeks aft a monolithic earthquake killed tens of thousands of people, the country's catastrophe bureau said.
Searches volition proceed successful Kahramanmaras and Hatay, the agency's main said.
However, hopes of uncovering anyone other live successful the rubble are fading fast.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived successful Turkey and announced $100m (£83m) successful humanitarian aid.
The epicentre of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake connected 6 February was successful Kahramanmaras. More than 44,000 radical are confirmed to person mislaid their lives successful south-eastern Turkey and bluish Syria.
The decease toll is expected to climb, with astir 345,000 apartments successful Turkey known to person been destroyed and galore radical inactive missing. Neither Turkey nor Syria person said however galore radical are inactive unaccounted for.
"In galore of our provinces, hunt and rescue efforts person been completed," the catastrophe agency's chief, Yunus Sezer, told reporters successful Ankara.
He said hunt and rescue efforts were continuing astatine astir 40 buildings successful the 2 provinces, but helium expected this fig to autumn by Sunday evening.
Rescue workers pulled astatine slightest 3 radical from the rubble connected Friday, more than 11 days aft they were trapped erstwhile the earthquake hit.
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Image caption,Antony Blinken, right, and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu question to 1 of the worst-hit areas
Mr Blinken has arrived successful Turkey to amusement support, contempt the travel being planned earlier the quake. It is his archetypal travel to Turkey since helium took bureau much than 2 years ago.
The caller assistance "will beryllium moving soon. Sadly, it's little astir hunt and rescue but semipermanent recovery. This is going to beryllium a semipermanent effort", helium told reporters.
He added that getting assistance into Syria was "very, precise challenging".
He volition question to Hatay to spot humanitarian efforts earlier travelling to conscionable President Recep Tayyip Erdogan connected Monday. The brace are expected to sermon issues including Turkey's refusal to ratify Sweden and Finland's Nato rank applications.
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