Far-right minister says agreement will give him control over Civil Administration units in charge of approving settlement building plans, enforcement against illegal construction
The news out of Turkey on Monday, February 6, was exceptionally tragic, with a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in the southern part of the country at 4:15 a.m. unleashing a cascade of destruction and a death toll that quickly shot into the tens of thousands. (The fatality rate has currently passed 40,000.) According to a report on NPR, this earthquake is understood to be the worst that Turkey has experienced in over 80 years.
Ankara, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Türkiye on Thursday stated that the death toll due to the February 6 earthquakes recorded in Kahramanmaras, a province near the border with Syria, surpassed more than 43,500.
The death toll from the powerful Feb. 6 earthquakes in southern Türkiye has risen to 43,556, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said Wednesday, according to Anadolu Agency. Soylu made the remarks during a live broadcast with the TRT Haber TV channel in Hatay
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