TheAltWorld Turkey’s Earthquake Devastation Exposes Failed Policies of Erdogan Gov’t
- Rania Khalek
- Saturday 18 Feb 23
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The death toll from the devastating 7.8 earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria has surpassed 40,000, with some estimating the actual toll could be closer to 100,000.
Burçak Özoğlu, member of the TKP Party Council and part of their Crisis Management Coordination Desk, explains how the policies of the AKP government of Turkey are to blame for the scale of the tragedy.
Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek is an award-winning Lebanese-American journalist and host of Dispatches on Breakthrough News, where she investigates the global consequences of imperialism, war, and systemic oppression. With over a decade of frontline reporting from conflict zones and marginalized communities, her work has been featured in The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, FAIR, and The Electronic Intifada, where she served on the editorial board.
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