in turkey, there s growing anger over the shoddy construction of what were advertised as earthquake proof buildings. this satellite image shows the extent of the damage in a neighbourhood at the epicentre of last week s earthquakes in gaziantep, in southern turkey. president erdogan s government has been accused of accepting billions of dollars in payments to approve buildings that didn t meet earthquake safety standards. this is one of the apartment blocks that was next door to the petrol station. 136 people were living there at the time the earthquake struck. so why did so many people die? our correspondent nick beake has been investigating, and he sent us this report. night and day, they ve been waiting for a miracle. but there is no sign of one. their relatives lived in the most expensive part of this city. that meant nothing, as their apartment block turned to dust. emre, whose five loved ones are missing, says so many people are to blame. translation: they have the blood of the p
lj abraham. to turkey now where, 11 days after the earthquakes, survivors are still being rescued from the rubble of collapsed buildings. a man believed to be in his 40s is among the latest survivors, freed after more than 270 hours trapped in the ruins of an apartment building in the centre of hatay. it s a moment of relief amid growing anger over the collapse of buildings that were advertised as ea rthquake proof. our correspondent nick beake has been investigating why so many buildings seemingly crumbled in the quakes, and sent this report from gaziantep in southern turkey. night and day, they ve been waiting for a miracle, but there s no sign of one. their relatives lived in the most expensive part of this city. that meant nothing as their apartment block turned to dust. emre, whose five loved ones are missing, says so many people are to blame. translation: they have the blood of the people i who died here on their hands.
emre, whose five loved ones are missing, says so many people are to blame. translation: they have the blood of the people i who died here on their hands. it s not right to scapegoat the contractors. the ones who approved this building are responsible, together with the government and the state. the next morning, we come back to try to find out why these four blocks collapsed while all around, others stood firm. first, we go to the petrol station next door. their cctv footage shows how first, the lights shake, then people run before a blanket of dust and debris envelops everything. a community ripped apart in seconds. everything is gone, emel weeps as we meet her,
to turkey now where, 11 days after the earthquakes, survivors are still being rescued from the rubble of collapsed buildings. a man believed to be in his 40s is among the latest survivors freed after more than 270 hours trapped in the ruins of an apartment building in the centre of hatay. it s a moment of relief amid growing anger over the collapse of buildings that were advertised as ea rthquake proof. our correspondent nick beake has been investigating why so many buildings seemingly crumbled in the quakes, and sent this report from gaziantep in southern turkey. night and day, they ve been waiting for a miracle, but there s no sign of one. their relatives lived in the most expensive part of this city. that meant nothing as their apartment block turned to dust. emre, whose five loved ones are missing, says so many people are to blame.
few days investigating the collapse of one building in gaziantep, where 136 people died. night and day they ve been waiting for a miracle. but there s no sign of one. their relatives lived in the most expensive part of this city. that meant nothing as their apartment block turned to dust. emre, whose five loved ones are missing, says so many people are to blame. translation: they have the blood of the people i who died here on their hands. it is not right to scapegoat the contractor. the ones who approved this building are responsible together with the government and the state. the next morning we come back to try to find out why these four blocks collapsed, while all around others stood firm.