Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 24 / Trend , A.Tagiyeva /
The death toll has reached 239 following the recent earthquake in the Turkish province of Van, Deputy Prime Minister Beshir Atalay said. The disaster injured about 1150 people, CNN Turk reported.
The Turkish authorities report that 970 homes were destroyed in the disaster.
The earthquake measuring 7.2, which occurred in the Van province on Sunday, was the most powerful in recent years in Turkey. Earlier it was reported that the death toll can reach 1,000 people.