With the telephone system failing in many places, there has been little news from the area. Many of the roads have also been cut, adding to the difficulties of rescue efforts.
The remote and mountainous southeastern region of Turkey where the quake struck is one of the poorest parts of the country. Weather conditions worsened late Sunday, with freezing temperatures and forecasts for snow.
Turkey has received offers of help from numerous countries including the United States, Greece and Israel.
But Erdogan told reporters he has declined most offers of help.
Turkey is particularly vulnerable to earthquakes because it sits on major geological fault lines.
In 1999, two earthquakes registering more than seven points on the Richter scale killed almost 20,000 people in densely populated parts of the north-west of the country.
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