Earlier, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay reported that a total of 7,840 people were rescued alive from the rubble, Anadolu reports.
Oktay added that 338 thousand people were accommodated in dormitories, universities and shelters.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a seven-day nationwide mourning in Turkey for the victims of the disaster.
According to AFAD, two earthquakes with a magnitude of more than seven occurred in the south-east of Turkey during the day (at 04.17 local time - 7.7 points and at 13.24 - 7.6 points).
The Turkish authorities urged the population not to return to their homes for fear of repeated aftershocks.
