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On 2/11/2023 at 9:27 PM, Schulz2.0 said:

 

 

On 2/12/2023 at 12:18 AM, flatdawgs said:

Fuck Erdoğan. One of the only good things that could come from this disaster (apart from better enforcement of building codes) is him getting destroyed in May's elections. This part of Türkiye is a stronghold of his and - needless to say - they are not pleased with him or his government. 

Erdogan caught on video boasting about allowing builder to bypass building codes.

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/13/1156512284/turkey-earthquake-erdogan-building-safety

ISTANBUL — As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan struggles to defend his response to last Monday's devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake, videos from a few years back have emerged showing him hailing some of the housing projects that crumbled, killing thousands of people.

Critics say contractors were allowed to skip crucial safety regulations, increasing their profits but putting residents at risk.

The videos have fueled public outrage over slow efforts to help residents in the aftermath of the massive earthquake — the world's deadliest in over a decade — that killed more than 35,000 people in Turkey and neighboring Syria, and left many injured and without a home, food or heating in the middle of winter.

As the earthquake death toll soars, so does criticism of Turkey's government response

In one video, taken during a campaign stop ahead of Turkey's March 2019 local elections, Erdogan listed some of his government's top achievements — including new housing for the city of Kahramanmaras, also known as Maras, near the epicenter of last week's quake.

"We solved the problem of 144,156 citizens of Maras with zoning amnesty," Erdogan said, using his term for the construction amnesties handed out to allow contractors to ignore the safety codes that had been put on the books specifically to make apartment blocks, houses and office buildings more resistant to earthquakes.

Engineers and architects say the lack of safety features designed to absorb the shock of earthquakes likely contributed to the soaring death toll.

 

 

Cultural center, built from EU-funds (above) to EU-Standards and the Town Hall across the street (below) Adiyaman, Turkey.

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