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For added context, one of his government's first responses to the earthquake was to immediately mass-arrest hundreds of structural engineers. https://www.thegu
by perihelions 4y ago
For added context, one of his government's first responses to the earthquake was to immediately mass-arrest hundreds of structural engineers.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/12/turkey-arrests-building-contractors-earthquake-death-toll-mounts https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/12/turkey-arrests...
- "Turkey’s vice-president, Fuat Oktay, said on Sunday that authorities had identified 131 people suspected of being responsible for the collapse of some of the thousands of buildings flattened, and that detention orders had been issued for 113 of them."
"“We will follow this up meticulously until the necessary judicial process is concluded, especially for buildings that suffered heavy damage and caused deaths and injuries,” Oktay said. Special investigation units have been set up in the 10 provinces affected."
- redtriumph 4y agoText book blame game now after realizing the cost. Often, the builders and contractors have dealings with politicians to get favors and perks. I am not accusing or calling that there is corruption between politicians and builders. But one of the criterion that Turkey is measuring for its inclusion in EU is corruption. It would be interesting to see impact of this on corruption scores in EU progress report. It has already been noted that there is no progress in fight against corruption [^a] a. https://web.archive.org/web/20220121110007/https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/system/files/2021-10/Turkey%202021%20report.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20220121110007/https://ec.europa... b. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218132551/https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/sites/near/files/pdf/key_documents/2016/20161109_report_turkey.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20201218132551/https://ec.europa...