Being one of the deadliest quakes worldwide in more than a decade the death toll kept rising, approaching 12,000.
Thousands are dead and the search continues.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake, followed by a magnitude 7.5 tremor, struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria on February 6, 2023.
Turkish authorities have arrested a number of property developers blamed for building collapses as public anger over the quake response grows.
Rescue operations are over in rebel-held areas of northwest Syria, the White Helmets volunteer organization said. Relief efforts there have been complicated by a long-running civil war