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Turkey quake revives debate over nuclear plant being built – AP NEWS

"A devastating earthquake that toppled buildings across parts of Turkey and neighboring Syria has revived a longstanding debate locally and in neighboring Cyprus about...

Turkey quake tests Erdogan’s all-powerful rule – FRANCE 24

"When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan assumed sweeping powers in 2018, he swore the state would deliver more under a centralised system that his...

« Disaster diplomacy » creates hope for Armenia-Turkey normalization – Arshaluis Mgdesyan / EURASIANET

"Armenian experts expect Yerevan and Ankara will continue to take small steps toward each other. But Baku is unlikely to sit idly by as...

Le séisme qui a tué plus de 39 000 personnes en Turquie et en Syrie est le cinquième le plus meurtrier du XXIᵉ siècle – Romain Imbach /...

"Selon le directeur de la branche Europe de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), il s’agit du « pire désastre naturel dans la région en un...

Comment expliquer que certains survivants ont tenu plusieurs jours sous les décombres – Raphaël Godet / FRANCE INFO

"Plusieurs facteurs influencent les chances de survie. Le niveau de blessures bien sûr, mais aussi la présence d'air et d'eau, la météo ou encore...

CHP leader: Elections will be held on time – HURRIYET DAILY NEWS

"Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu opposed any attempt to postpone the upcoming general and presidential elections and stressed on Feb. 15 that the polls...

NATO chief due in Türkiye to express alliance’s solidarity after quake disaster – HURRIYET DAILY NEWS

"NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will pay a visit to Türkiye on Feb. 16 to express the alliance’s solidarity and support after two devastating earthquakes that killed tens of thousands...

Turkey’s Earthquakes Shake Up The Energy And Political World – Daniel Markind / FORBES

In rapid succession during the morning of February 6, Eastern Turkey and its environs were hit by first, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake and, then,...

Après la catastrophe, la Grèce et la Turquie réactivent la “diplomatie du séisme” – COURRIER INTERNATIONAL

"La Grèce a été l’un des premiers pays à venir en aide aux régions dévastées par les tremblements de terre du 6 février. Malgré la...

The Failures of Turkey’s Earthquake Response – Solcyre Burga / TIME

"More than 37,000 people have died and tens of thousands have been injured as a result of the devastating earthquakes that impacted northwestern Syria...

Turkey’s president takes heat for earthquake response and poor quality of buildings – Peter Kenyon /NPR

"The powerful Turkish president is facing increasing criticism over poor building standards after the earthquake that caused thousands of structures to collapse." JUANA SUMMERS,...

Will Turkey-Syria earthquake redraw the fault lines of geopolitics? – Gilles Kepel / AL-MONITOR

"The epicenter of last week's horrific 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude sequential earthquakes that have hit Turkey and Syria this month, is located at the triple junction...

Parallel dynamics bring Israel closer to Turkey, accelerate Arab normalisation with Syria – THE ARAB WEEKLY

"There was more than Israel’s contribution to the rescue efforts in the talks as discussions between the Israeli chief diplomat and his Turkish interlocutors...

Devastating Earthquakes in Turkey Could Fundamentally Alter the Political Landscape – James Ryan / FPRI

"Devastating Earthquakes in Turkey Could Fundamentally Alter the Political Landscape" by James Ryan in Foreign Policy Research Institute, on February 10, 2023. Early in the...

Séisme en Turquie : premières répliques politiques et géopolitiques – Didier Billion / IRIS

"Alors que l’attention de la société turque se concentrait de plus en plus vers les échéances présidentielle et législative planifiées pour le 14 mai...

Le séisme fissure l’alliance des partis d’opposition pour les prochaines élections – RFI

Le séisme qui a frappé la Turquie va-t-il provoquer l’ajournement des élections présidentielle et législatives prévues normalement en mai prochain ? RFI (Radio France...

Séisme en Turquie et en Syrie : l’OMS déplore le « pire désastre naturel en un siècle » en Europe – LE MONDE

"Alors que les chances de retrouver des rescapés deviennent quasi nulles, la priorité est désormais l’aide aux centaines de milliers de personnes dont les...

Pourquoi le président Erdogan est critiqué pour sa gestion de la catastrophe – FRANCE INFO

"Les survivants du violent tremblement de terre s'estiment abandonnés par l'Etat. Les oppositions et les experts dénoncent la corruption dans le secteur du bâtiment...

Séisme en Turquie et en Syrie : l’aide humanitaire face au contexte géopolitique – Jean-François Corty / IRIS

"Le 6 février un violent séisme de magnitude 7,8 a frappé le sud de la Turquie et le nord de la Syrie. D’après les...

The Quake That Exposed Erdogan’s Fault Lines – Tessa Fox / FOREIGN POLICY

"Last week’s earthquake killed tens of thousands of people, made many more individuals homeless, and exposed the shoddy underpinnings of the AKP economic miracle."...

Quake stalls election campaign of Turkey’s splintered opposition – FRANCE 24

"Turkey's splintered political opposition was supposed to agree Monday on a joint candidate to challenge Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 20-year grip on power at the...

Already vulnerable, Turkey’s economy now faces massive earthquake recovery costs – Murat Kubilay / MEI

"After a difficult year, things finally seemed to be looking up for Turkey’s beleaguered economy in early 2023. Just six months earlier, in June...

Turkey’s government is prioritizing politics over policy in its earthquake response – Howard Eissenstat / MEI

Howard Eissenstat's analysis in the Middle East Institute. In 1999, a massive earthquake shook Kocaeli Province, near Istanbul. The government badly mismanaged the response....

Turkey earthquake: Ankara may call for relocation of Syrian refugees from disaster zone – Levent Kemal / MIDDLE EAST EYE

"Turkish government to recommend Syrian refugees relocate to other cities but won't pay for their evacuation" reports Levent Kemal in the Middle East Eye...

Turkey cracks down on building contractors as quake death toll reaches grim milestone – Lauren Said-Moorhouse / CNN

"Turkish authorities have arrested or detained a number of property developers as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic earthquake soared past 36,000" reports Lauren...

Séisme en Turquie : les Chypriotes turcs pleurent leurs morts – Marie Jégo / LE MONDE

Marie Jégo écrit dans Le Monde, ce 13 février 2023 'Trente-neuf personnes, dont une vingtaine de collégiens originaires de la République turque de Chypre...

Séismes en Turquie et en Syrie : Bachar Al-Assad accepte d’ouvrir deux points de passage transfrontaliers pour acheminer l’aide humanitaire – LE MONDE

"La catastrophe naturelle a fait plus de 35 000 morts. Alors que l’Organisation des Nations unies a déclaré que le nombre de victimes pourrait encore...

Devastating Earthquakes in Turkey could fundamentally alter the political landscape – James Ryan / FPRI

"Opposition figures have made pointed accusations that state aid has been doled out on a partisan basis, raising the stakes of scheduled general elections...

Turkey earthquake death toll suggests lessons of 1999 were not learned – Bethan McKernan / THE GUARDIAN

"Stricter regulations were promised after quake two decades ago, but poor construction has played major role in latest disaster" Bethan McKernan analyzes in The...

Séismes en Turquie et en Syrie : « Ici, c’est facile d’avoir de l’aide, là-bas c’est impossible » – Assiya Hamza / FRANCE 24

"À Kilis, ville turque non loin de la frontière syrienne, les réfugiés ont durement vécu le violent tremblement de terre du 6 février. Pour...

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