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Week in Review

Week in Review

Feb 10, 2023

Erdogan earthquake — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with residents who found refuge under tents set up by the government during his visit to the southeastern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, two days after a strong earthquake struck the region, on Feb. 8, 2023. — OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images

Turkey: Earthquake puts Erdogan re-election at risk

Stay tuned for the political aftershocks of the devastating and tragic earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria last week.

Turkey election

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Assad earthquake

Analysis

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Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Nurse anaesthetist Abdelbaset Khalil (2nd L) stands with others on the rubble of his house following a deadly earthquake, near the hospital in the town of Harim, in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey, on February 11, 2023. - Following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria on February 6, toppling hundreds of buildings and leaving a death toll of at least 3,581 in Syria, supplies have been slow to arrive in the war-torn country where years of conflict have

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Turkey earthquake

Analysis

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Gilles Kepel

Gilles Kepel