Turkey-Syria quake, one week on: Hundreds of thousands homeless as death toll nears 36,000 The death toll from the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has climbed above 35 thousand. More than a million others are now homeless, living on the streets in below freezing temperatures, or waiting for their loved ones bodies to be recovered. FRANCE 24's correspondent in Gaziantep, Turkey, Thameen Al Kheetan reports.