President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said Turkey would build almost 200,000 new homes in the country’s southeast region, devastated by a massive earthquake two weeks ago.
HATAY, Turkey –
Erdogan is keen to show his government will do everything for those impacted as he faces his biggest political test in elections planned for May. “None of these buildings will be more than three or four storeys high,” he promised, after the quake caused several high-rise blocks of flats to collapse. The state was providing shelter to around 1,6 million people in the region, according to Erdogan, speaking after a visit to affected areas in Hatay province.
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