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ANKARA: Presiden Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan berkata adalah mustahil untuk bersiap sedia menghadapi malapetaka seperti gempa bumi kuat yang melanda negara itu pada Isnin yang mengorbankan lebih 9,000 orang, namun berikrar akan berusaha sedaya-upaya untuk menyelamatkan nyawa rakyat. “Ada kekurangan... Mustahil untuk bersedia menghadapi bencana besar seperti itu. “Kami tidak…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces his biggest political test in May, with pressure higher on him after Monday's quake - Copyright AFP Adem ALTAN Raziye Akkoc The stakes could hardly be higher for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Just three months before the biggest test of his political career, a…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has conceded "shortcomings" after criticism of his government's response to the massive earthquake that killed over 15,000 people in Turkey and Syria. The sprawling scale of the disaster that flattened thousands of buildings, trapping an unknown number of people, has swamped relief operations already hampered…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to visit areas impacted by Monday’s powerful earthquake, as rescue workers persevere with their mission to free people trapped under the rubble. His visit will include the city of Kahramanmaraş and Hatay province near the powerful quake’s epicenter, according to the Turkish president’s office. Erdogan earlier declared…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces devastated by two earthquakes that killed more than 7,800 people and left a trail of destruction across a wide area of southern Turkey and neighbouring Syria. A day after the quakes hit, rescuers working in harsh…

Egypt’s Sisi Speaks with Erdogan, Assad and Sends Military Planes with Aid Civil defense workers and security forces search through the wreckage of collapsed buildings in Hama, Syria, on Monday. (Omar Sanadiki/AP) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi spoke with Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad on Tuesday…

ISTANBUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan declared on Tuesday a three-month state of emergency covering Turkey's 10 southern provinces hit by devastating earthquakes, and called it a disaster zone in a move meant to bolster rescue efforts. The move came as the death toll from Monday's two major…

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and the northwest of Syria on Monday, bringing the death toll to at least 3,400 and thousands injured in both nations. In Turkey, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake took place in Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaraş province at 4:17 a.m. local time on Monday. Then,…

BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent messages of condolence to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad respectively over strong earthquakes in the two countries. Xi said that upon learning of the earthquakes, which caused heavy casualties and property losses in…

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the coordination center of Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) in Ankara, Turkey February 6, 2023. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ANKARA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - At least 912 people were killed and more than 5,000 injured when a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck southern…