Correspondent in Istanbul
The upturn was short-lived for Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
With the approach of the elections, scheduled for May 14, and despite skyrocketing inflation, the Turkish president, candidate for his succession, could boast of having risen a few points in the polls.
To his credit are the recent increase in the minimum wage, easier access to retirement and the promise of hundreds of thousands of new social housing units.
But that was without counting on the devastating earthquake of Monday February 6 and the risky management of this drama by a power whose image, already tainted by the authoritarian drift of recent years, has again cracked.
“
Where is the state?
headlined the daily Karar
a few days later,
echoing the frustration of the affected populations in southeastern Turkey.
A week after the disaster, whose toll - more than 33,000 dead - continues to climb, the panic of the first hours has given way...
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