Erdogan faces growing backlash over earthquake mismanagement

Published February 28, 2023 11:00am ET



President Recep Tayyip Erdogan referred to the earthquakes that struck Turkey in early February as the “disaster of the century.” The earthquake certainly wreaked havoc, making an estimated 1.25 million people homeless — not to mention the tens of thousands who died beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings.

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