Turkey's President Erdogan chases greatness in response to devastating earthquake WashTimesOpEd
In the United States, Abraham Lincoln is generally accepted as a great American president. Some scholars think he was the best ever. Lincoln was not flawless, of course, but the 16th president faced down the deadliest war in the country’s history. He won the war, united a nation and freed an entire race.
Few natural disasters in the history of the world have had such an impact on so many people. Would the government of Turkish PresidentNurdagı, a town in Gaziantep province, was the epicenter of the earthquake. Before the quake, the city center had a population of roughly 20,000 people, but it lost 2,028 souls in the February disaster. The destruction was so great that nearly all homes in the city center either collapsed or were deemed unfit to enter.
Despite his dire situation, Faruk offered me food and tea. He had nothing, but he wanted to give me something. The spirit was amazing. Hope and appreciation were both clearly evident.visited the town literally as soon as the residential containers began to go up and has been completely supportive of the community and its people. In Faruk’s words, the president is “number one, absolutely the best.
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