Rescuers digging through the rubbles to find survivors of the devastating quake.
As search and rescue efforts continue, the number of people killed in the devastating earthquake that struck the Turkey-Syria border ten days ago has hit 42,000.
In Turkey alone, 36,187 people died across 11 provinces, State News Agency, Anadolu cited disaster authority, AFAD as saying.
Combined with the deaths in Syria, the total confirmed toll is 41,838.
The first quake of magnitude 7.7 struck Turkey and Syria in the early hours of Feb. 6.
Another large tremor hit at noon that day and there were more than 3,800 aftershocks, AFAD said.
Over 50,000 buildings had been damaged in Turkey alone.
More than 100,000 people were injured and about 13,200 of them were still being treated in hospitals.
Turkish and foreign rescue teams continued their efforts in spite of the minimal chances of finding survivors.
Late on Wednesday, a 13-year-old boy named Mustafa was pulled from the rubble in Anktakya, the capital of Hatay province, 228 hours after the deadly jolt hit.
NATO Secretary, Stoltenberg is due to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavuşoğlu, on Thursday.
German news agency, dpa, reports that Stoltenberg is due to visit areas affected by the earthquake.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected in Turkey on Sunday.
