Facing a difficult re-election on May 14, Erdogan is confronting a furious public backlash over his government’s stuttering response to the biggest natural disaster of his two-decade rule. theSun theSundaily erdogan turkeyearthquake2023 flooding
People stand at a high pont looking down at the flood waters in Sanliurfa, southeastern Turkey on March 15, 2023. — AFP pic: Flash floods killed at least 14 people living in tents and container housing across Turkey’s quake-hit region on Wednesday, piling more pressure on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of crunch elections.
Hundreds of thousands of Turkish quake survivors have been moved into tents and container homes across the disaster region, which covers 11 provinces across Turkey’s southeast. Two people, including a one-year-old, also died in nearby Adiyaman, where five remain unaccounted for. Erdogan has issued several public apologies while also stressing that no nation could have dealt quickly with a disaster of such scale.
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