pegothejerk t1_j9yllnn wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:57 PM

Reply to comment by kushhaze420 in Earthquake death toll surpasses 50,000 in Turkey and Syria by Pierruno

They have them. Erdogan took bribes to waive them, and also stole tens of billions from public coffers for earthquake compliance over the years. What they need to do is clean house.

Didact67 t1_j9ys4sh wrote on February 25, 2023 at 3:45 PM

Right before this earthquake, the Turkish parliament was ready to pass a law that would expand those exemptions.

[deleted] t1_j9zl935 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 6:58 PM

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TyrionsCodpiece t1_j9ywafr wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:14 PM

Much easier to clean house when they're reduced to lego bricks.....

janethefish t1_ja08bm8 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 9:35 PM

I saw a picture of an engineering building, undamaged and surrounded by rubble from buildings destroyed in the quake.

[deleted] t1_ja0uokh wrote on February 26, 2023 at 12:19 AM

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XPaarthurnaxX t1_j9yv1m6 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:05 PM

I'm sure he'll be also voted in again because he's the last Khalifa and what not

captaincrunch00 t1_j9zigyv wrote on February 25, 2023 at 6:40 PM

The porn star family?

alessandro_673 t1_j9zka8t wrote on February 25, 2023 at 6:52 PM

It’s less that Erdogan took bribes himself, more that he didn’t really appoint ministers to watch over everything, and so the reality was that building inspectors would show up before the construction really started, took a bribe, and then didn’t come back. It’s definitely Erdogans fault, and everyone knew it was happening.