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Ed Webb

'Shame on you!': Erdogan faces voter fury in quake zone - Al-Monitor: Independent, trus... - 0 views

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politics Turkey Erdogan AKP election earthquake disaster

shared by Ed Webb on 11 Feb 23 - Cached
  • The earthquake that killed more than 21,000 people across Turkey and Syria came at one of the most politically sensitive moments of Erdogan's two-decade rule.The Turkish leader has proposed holding a crunch election on May 14 that could keep his Islamic-rooted government in power until 2028.
  • Erdogan has declared a three-month state of emergency across 10 quake-hit provinces. The region is still digging out its dead and many are living on the streets or in their cars.Campaigning here seems out of the question.But there is also a political dimension that is deeply personal for Erdogan.The earthquake struck just as he was gaining momentum and starting to lift his approval numbers from a low suffered during a dire economic crisis that exploded last year.
  • "No government, no state, no police, no soldiers. Shame on you! You left us on our own."
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  • Erdogan admitted "shortcomings" in the government's handling of the disaster on Wednesday.
  • Erdogan has received a largely warm reception from locals in carefully choreographed visits broadcast on national television.
  • "People who didn't die from the earthquake were left to die in the cold," he said. "Isn't it a sin, people who have been left to die like this?"
Sana Usman

Twin suicide car bomb blasts shakes Syrian capital - 0 views

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Twin suicide car bomb blasts shakes Syrian capital Damascus Syria military intelligence house in government target Islamic militant factor President Bashar Al Assad U.N & Arab League efforts quaking the neighborhood National TV Associated Press reporter I

shared by Sana Usman on 11 May 12 - No Cached
  • Sana Usman on 11 May 12
     
    Damascus, Syria: Twin suicide car bomb blasts shakes Syrian capital that exploded outside a military intelligence house in Damascus and slaughtered 55 people, throwing distorted bodies in the streets, were the most deadliest hit against a government target since the Syrian revolution began 14 months ago.
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