Greece is sending a rescue team, doctors, rescue dogs and a special vehicle to Turkey to help deal with the aftermath of a powerful 7,8-magnitude earthquake, Greek media reported.

The help from Greece is on the order of the Greek Prime Minister, and a team of 21 firefighters from the special rescue unit with two rescue dogs and a special rescue vehicle, accompanied by an engineer from the Fire Service, five doctors is expected to leave Athens with a military plane in the next hours. and emergency responders, as well as the president of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization.

Schools in 10 cities and provinces in Turkey that were hit by today's devastating earthquake will be closed for a week, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said.

These are schools in the cities and provinces of Kahramanmaras, Hatay, Gaziantep, Osmaniye, Adiyaman, Malatya, Şanlıurfa, Adana, Diyarbakır and Kilis, the BBC reports.
Oktay said flights to and from the airport in Hatay province were suspended, and airports in Kahramanmaras and Gaziantep were closed to civilian flights.

The region is united in its support for Turkey