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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...

Greece, Turkey Urge Better Relations After Quake – VOA

"Greece's foreign minister visited Turkey on Sunday in a show of support after the country was hit by a devastating earthquake last Monday, despite...

Turquie : un journaliste du « Point » arrêté à Istanbul et expulsé – Luc de Barochez / LE POINT

"Guillaume Perrier, envoyé pour couvrir les suites du séisme, a été contraint de rentrer en France. Une atteinte de plus à la liberté de...

How Corruption and Misrule Made Turkey’s Earthquake Deadlier – Gönül Tol / FOREIGN POLICY

"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...

Earthquake compounds Turkish leader’s woes as election nears – Suzan Fraser & Zeynep Bilginsoy / AP NEWS

"Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power 20 years ago riding a wave of public outrage toward the previous government’s handling of a...

Massive earthquake cost to deepen Turkey’s economic woes – Mustafa Sönmez / AL-MONITOR

"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...

‘No More Antakya’: Turks Say Quake Wiped Out a City, and a Civilization – Vivian Yee & Nimet Kirac NY TIMES

"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...

Freedom of speech or insulting? Why Charlie Hebdo’s earthquake cartoon is making Turkey mad – Kerem Congar / EURONEWS

"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...

Greeks put politics aside to rush aid to Turkey – FRANCE 24

"NATO allies Greece and Turkey have a history of rivalry that goes back centuries. But the two countries that lie on seismic fault lines...

Demirtaş cautions against new state of emergency, says it can be used to ‘silence opposition’ – DUVAR English

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...

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: Turkey’s president confronts disaster – Adam Samson and Laura Pitel / FINANCIAL TIMES

"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...

Anger grows at Erdoğan over Turkey’s earthquake response – Nektaria Stamouli / POLITICO

"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...

Earthquake disaster poses ‘serious difficulties’ for Turkey’s May elections – Dominic Evans / REUTERS

"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...

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