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Why did so many buildings collapse?

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Search mission in the rubble: It is suspected that there are still people in some of the collapsed buildings in Antakya.
Search mission in the rubble: It is suspected that there are still people in some of the collapsed buildings in Antakya.Lucas Bäuml

Turkey had tightened its building laws after the 1999 disaster. But were these standards actually observed?

The people’s anger following the devastating earthquake in Turkey primarily continues to be vented against the state, which is accused of being incompetent and caught off-guard by a disaster of this kind. “What is left of the state we are now pulling out from under the rubble," said the leader of the opposition Iyi party, Meral Akşener, visibly upset while he was visiting the disaster area.

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