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Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria Dossier As the earthquake’s toll continues to mount, it is becoming increasingly clear that corruption and failure to meet construction standards by certain Turkish promoters have a lot to do with the damage.
It is hard to believe when you come to Antioch from the south that you are entering one of the cities most destroyed and damaged by the earthquake. Sleek new ten-story apartment buildings stand intact, including windows and moldings on the balconies. A lower tier of social housing, more standard and more modest, is also in perfect condition. Only a few bubbles on the road remind you that the earth shook here.
But as soon as you move a kilometer towards the center of the city, the devastation of the earthquake is unmistakable. Shredded houses and shops become heaps of rubble. The collapsed buildings, sometimes halfway, in height or width direction, lean to the right or left due to their columns broken only on one side. Some are flexed, twisted, bent forward or backward as if engaging in yoga poses. Others are stuck deep in the ground like screws. However, other buildings survive alongside these monstrous architectures. schools and government buildings