In Turkey’s devastating earthquake, it’s the poor paying the price again
Adnan R. Khan is an Istanbul-based independent writer and photographer who has covered migration and refugee issues for the past decade.
It’s tempting to think that such a massive natural disaster kills indiscriminately – that the rich, the poor, the powerful and the powerless all suffer. But the reality is that this disaster, like so many before it, disproportionately affected poor people – and evidence is emerging that shoddy construction and inequality contributed to the tragedy.
The government’s eagerness to control the narrative can be explained by the ways in which it has championed the country’snot just in Turkey, but throughout the Middle East. It cannot afford to have the sector’s reputation tarnishedBut trust has been on the decline for years.
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