Deadly quake: Erdogan declares 3-month emergency

Deadly quake: Erdogan declares 3-month emergency

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in 10 of the country’s provinces on Tuesday, reports CNBC. Turkey, and Syria are reeling from two consecutive earthquakes — the region’s strongest in nearly a century — that have devastated huge swathes of territory, taking lives and buildings with it. At time of writing, the death toll from the quakes...

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