Sports stadiums shake as fans bash Turkey's earthquake response
Public dissent is getting louder online, at sporting events and on the streets as further examples of Turkey's disaster mismanagement emerge.
ISTANBUL — The government’s response to the Feb. 6 earthquake disaster in Turkey has sparked growing protests on the streets, in soccer stadiums and online — and a corresponding crackdown on free speech.
Three weeks on from the catastrophe, which left around 52,000 dead in Turkey and Syria, further details of negligence are emerging, stoking angry questions among the public.
Outspoken criticism of government failure, which even President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has acknowledged, has led to hundreds of people being detained.
A demonstration in Istanbul’s Kadikoy district on Sunday saw more than 100 arrests, according to organizers from the Turkey Workers Party (TIP).
