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After 49 days, today the school bell will ring again for the children in the most severely affected by the destructive earthquakes in Turkey, reports the Turkish state television TRT-Haber.

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Last week, Turkey's Minister of Education, Mahmut Özer, announced that classes would resume for children in many cities in Hatay, Kahramanmaras, Malatya and Adyaman counties from March 27.

The educational process has not been restored in all settlements in the affected areas.

Today, 3,101 children are back in class in the city of Andaran (Kahramanmarash district – the epicenter of the devastating earthquakes).

Students returned to classrooms today after a complete overhaul of the city's schools.

Meanwhile, Cahramanmaras Welsh is yet to announce when children in nine other towns in the county will be back at school.

Today, children in eight settlements in Malatya district are back at school.

Nearly 500 children in seven towns in Hatay County, which was literally razed to the ground by the devastating tremors, also returned to class.

In five towns in Adyaman district, children will have classes in specially adapted tents.

On March 13, students in the districts of Gaziantep, Adana and Osmaniye returned to the classrooms, BTA reports. 

Another earthquake in southern Turkey

About 14 million people were affected by the February 6 earthquakes, which caused massive destruction in 11 Turkish counties - Kahramanmaras, Adana, Adyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Elyağı and Şanlıurfa.

Many schools and dormitories are currently housing earthquake survivors.

The earthquakes killed over 50,000 people and injured over 115,000.

The earthquake in Turkey and Syria