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A Turkish court has ordered the jailing of key opponent of leader Erdogan, on charges of corruption
Police in Turkey on Saturday interrogated Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu for around five hours as part of an investigation into allegations of aiding the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. This comes amid nationwide protests against President Recep Tayyip Erdoan’s government over the arrest of Imamoglu. The opposition Republican People’s Party began holding a primary…
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A huge chasm was created in the Turkish olive grove by the earthquake
The US Geological Survey has said that many people in Turkey, who lived in structures with un-reinforced brick masonry and lowrise concrete frames, were most likely to be damaged by the earthquake. Seyhun Puskulcu, a seismologist and coordinator of the Turkish Earthquake Foundation, based in Istanbul, said that people in Turkey are well aware of…
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The scientists know about the Turkey–Syria earthquake
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yldrm has said that search and rescue teams have pulled more than 8,000 people from underneath rubble of thousands of toppled buildings in the past two days. “People in Turkey are aware of their susceptibility to earthquakes,” a seismologist based in Istanbul said. The death toll in Turkey’s earthquake has exceeded…