Erdogan condemns looters, critics of quake response as toll passes 19,000

Erdogan condemns looters, critics of quake response as toll passes 19,000

(Update 2: Updates casualties) Ankara/Beirut, Feb 9 (EFE).- Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday denounced reports of looting in some of Turkey’s worst-affected areas by twin earthquakes this week that have killed over 19,000 people in Turkey and Syria. Erdogan told reporters that 16,170 people were confirmed to have died in Turkey as a result of the earthquakes that on Monday rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria. Over 64,000 …

Erdogan responds to criticism in quake response

The president of Turkey on Wednesday acknowledged 'shortcomings' in his country’s response to the world’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade as hope dwindled that more survivors would emerge from the rubble of thousands of toppled buildings