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Chaotic free speech on Ekşi Sözlük finally proved too much after devastating earthquakes hit country

Last month’s earthquakes led to suggestions that Turkey’s parliamentary and presidential elections would be postponed.

Two people have died and 568 non-fatal cases have been reported in the earthquake-hit areas of northwestern Syria.

It was built on debris left from landslides and earthquakes. Scientists have long warned it can’t withstand the heavy construction being done to boost religious tourism to Hindu and Sikh holy sites.

The World Health Organization (WHO) will support Ankara in its response to massive earthquakes that killed more than 50,000, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, as the death toll from the latest aftershock rose to two. The massive earthquakes that struck Türkiye's southeast and neighboring Syria in the last…

Earthquakes in southeastern Türkiye that destroyed cities and killed 44,000 people have prompted authorities to look again at how the quake-prone nation might cope with a similar tremor in Türkiye's densely populated, northwestern industrial heartland. Istanbul, Türkiye's biggest city with a population of 16 million and the country's commercial engine,…

Russia aims to normalize relations between Syria and Türkiye in light of the regional and global solidarity both countries received following the devastating earthquakes earlier this month. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov recently announced that Moscow is arranging a meeting that brings together the foreign ministers of Russia, Syria, Türkiye,…

The two major earthquakes which hit Türkiye on Feb.

Cries of "government resign" rang out from Turkish football stadiums at the weekend as fans criticised the government's response to this month's earthquakes that have killed more than 50,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria.