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☆ Turkish earthquake survivors reconsider election loyalty to Erdogan
  + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Can Sezer Jonathan Spicer | Can Sezer | Jonathan Spicer | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +7 min
[1/5] Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with people in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 8, 2023. "The earthquake definitely changes our opinion because the first responders and tents were very late to arrive," he said. How big a challenge Erdogan faces is difficult to determine, given the lack of polling in the region. One party official said they would "re-direct" residents' focus to efforts to rebuild and stress no one but Erdogan could do this quickly. The region voted 65% or more for the AKP and its nationalist ally the MHP in the last election in 2018.
☆ Turks ask how a boom town came crashing down in quake
  + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Can Sezer Jonathan Spicer | Can Sezer | Jonathan Spicer | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
[1/4] Ibrahim Kurt helps salvage belongings from a collapsed home in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Nurdagi, Turkey, March 5, 2023. This 20-year-long rapid construction came crashing down in just two minutes," said Hasan Bal, 52, a retired teacher who lost 10 immediate relatives in the magnitude 7.8 quake. The initial quake on Feb. 6 tremor sliced directly through Nurdagi, leaving it among the worst hit communities in Turkey's deadliest modern disaster. Residents say cheap credit had helped the town expand, reflecting a nationwide building boom that has defined Erdogan's two decades in power. Aslan said her family is thankful for a furnished container home where they live for now on the outskirts of town.
☆ A month after quake, family that survived under the rubble looks to the future
  + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Can Sezer Jonathan Spicer | Can Sezer | Jonathan Spicer | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Arslan, her husband and their three children survived for five days trapped under the rubble of their five-storey apartment building. I have no fears now that my family is beside me," Havva said as she sat beside a wooden picnic table after a family breakfast. On the night the quake hit, the parents and the three children rushed to hold each other when the violent shaking struck. As walls collapsed around them, the floor beneath gave way and the Arslan family fell one floor down, with the four floors above crashing down around them seconds later. "'My name is Fatmagul Arslan', I shouted.
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