The rapid damage assessment report after the February 6 earthquakes also acknowledges that recovery and reconstruction costs will be much larger, potentially twice as large.

Higher education will continue online, with earthquake survivors placed in university dormitories.

Kerem Kınık who stood behind the sale of 2 thousand 50 tents to the AHBAB charity organization for 2.4 million dollars before, yesterday said that the sale was made without his knowledge and that he would have instructed differently if he had been asked.

Foreign countries have sent more than 130,000 tents and over 29,000 power generators to Türkiye since February 6, according to the Foreign Ministry.

Politicians from the ruling bloc canceled their club memberships. The football team of President Erdoğan's hometown, Rize, described the protests as "cries of septic rats."

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan went to Adıyaman where he confessed their performance was poor in the first days after the earthquakes and asked for people's forgiveness. The opposition parties, journalists and some quake victims responded to Erdoğan straight away.

The move will affect about 4,500 students, with most of the services at the Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine being stopped.

A man who is on trial for theft wanted to check out the damage in his building in Hatay after the massive earthquakes. Checking his criminal record, the police implicated and beat him.

MP Koç submitted a parliamentary question about 39-year old Ahmet Burgur who lost his life while in custody in Doğubeyazıt Police Headquarters for the Interior Minister to respond.

"They seized women's phones by showing their weapons and threatening them. They also asked them to delete footage they had taken," said an activist.

Malatya is one of the 11 provinces affected by the massive double earthquake on February 6.

One of the most popular websites in Türkiye, Ekşi Sözlük was banned after the earthquakes. The reason for the ban is still not clear.

In response to criticism, Haluk Levent, a singer who leads the AHBAP group, said the country's disaster management agency also pays Red Crescent for tents.

Hatice Al Husso, a 15-year-old girl, has not been heard from since she was hospitalized.

Legal action has been initiated against 612 suspects so far, the justice minister has said.

After protests during Fenerbahçe's match, Beşiktaş supporters also protested against the government during last night's game. MHP leader Bahçeli canceled his club membership while the interior minister threatened the fans.

The chairperson of the Turkish Pharmacists' Association informed that they purchased from the Red Crescent five tents they needed to distribute free medicine to quake victims and that they paid 140 thousand lira for each.

The powerful double earthquake left over 160,000 buildings destroyed or severely damaged and two million people displaced.

Both the Red Crescent and the AHBAP association admitted the sale after a journalist's report. An opposition MP has brought the issue to the parliamentary agenda, accusing the government of turning the Red Crescent into a "business."

Supporters at Fenerbahçe's home turf called on the government to resign throughout the match. The broadcaster turned down the volume during the chants against the government.