The strong earthquake caused heavy casualties in Turkey and Syria.

The picture shows the disaster area in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.

(European News Agency)

[Reporter Chen Zhengyu/Report from Taipei] A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the border between southern Turkey and northern Syria in the early morning of the 6th local time, causing heavy casualties.

The Democratic Progressive Party Group of the Legislative Yuan stated today (9) that it will donate NT$500,000 to help Turkey overcome the difficulties.

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred in southern Turkey on the 6th local time, with a focal depth of only 17.9 kilometers. It was the largest earthquake in the region in a century, causing heavy casualties in Turkey and neighboring Syria.

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The Democratic Progressive Party group stated that Turkey had a century-old earthquake in the early morning of February 3, 2023, and the earthquake disaster continued to expand. The party group would like to express condolences to the unfortunately affected Turkish people and wish Turkey an early return to normal operations; the party group would also like to thank my country for its rescue Thanks to the contribution of the personnel, we hope that we can successfully assist in disaster relief and complete the task.

The DPP group said that in order to assist the victims of the disaster in Turkey, the DPP Legislative Yuan group will donate 500,000 yuan to help Turkey tide over the difficulties.