"Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hollowed out state institutions, placed loyalists in key positions, and enriched his cronies—paving the way for this tragedy." Gönül...
"The disaster response requires a significant increase in public spending to meet the needs of 13.5 million affected people and rebuild massive destruction, threatening...
"Amid scenes of utter devastation and widespread suffering in the bitter cold, residents mourned the loss of family, friends and memories" reports Vivian Yee and Nimet...
"The French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo's cartoon about the earthquake in Turkiye is continuing to receive negative criticism from all over the world." Kerem...
Renowned Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has urged caution against the government’s potential abuse of the new state of emergency rule in the 10 earthquake-stricken...
"The fallout of the catastrophic earthquake comes as the country’s leader faces his toughest re-election campaign yet" Adam Samson and Laura Pitel report in Financial Times on...
"The devastating earthquakes could delay upcoming elections as Turkey’s president faces backlash" Nektaria Stamouli reports in Politico on February 10, 2023.
As the death toll...
"The devastating scale of Monday's earthquake in southern Turkey presents "serious difficulties" for planned elections in mid-May, a Turkish official said on Thursday, in the first...
"The earthquakes in Turkey are likely to have geopolitical and economic spillover effects including those on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and Europe's energy security,...
"Des experts dénoncent la corruption des promoteurs immobiliers et du gouvernement, dans ce pays à la croisée de trois plaques tectoniques" reports Delphine Minoui...
This statement was coordinated by the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), a Europe-wide mechanism which tracks, monitors and responds to violations of press and media freedom...
"Social media platform Twitter is no longer accessible in Turkey after Monday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks killed at least 11,200 people in southeastern...
ENTRETIEN. L’écrivain natif de Gaziantep, ville endeuillée comme une grande partie de la Turquie par le tremblement de terre, pointe les enjeux politiques de...
"The European Union Commission and the Swedish government, the term president of the EU, have announced that they will organize a donors’ conference to mobilize funds and assistance...
"Given the country’s strategic significance, the upcoming elections are hugely important — and the response to the earthquakes will heavily weigh on its outcome"...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Feb. 7 that they would declare a 3-month state of emergency in 10 provinces affected by the devastating earthquakes in...
"Rescuers raced against time early Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble before they succumbed to cold weather two days after an earthquake tore...
The aftermath of the earthquake that struck on both sides of the Turkey-Syria border dominates Tuesday’s newspapers, The Guardian on February 7, 2023.
The front...
Countries around the world are rushing to send rescue workers, equipment and aid after a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria early...
