Search and rescue efforts are not nearly enough for wide areas destroyed by multiple strong quakes in Turkey.
Many call on the Turkish Army to step in to help rescue efforts
A lot of tweets, messages and posts by residents plea for help, giving locations for people waiting to be rescued under rubbles #deprem#DEPREMOLDU#TurkeyEarthquake
Most crucial hours of rescue operations for people under rubbles and the Turkish Army have not been ordered to help. Is there anyone who knows any logical reason for this
An opposition leader Muharrem Ince from Kahramanmaras city, one of the hardest hit cities in Mid-Anatolia, calling on Turkish govt to send the Turkish Army to help rescue works
24 hours since the earthquake hit Turkey, which killed thousands and injured tens of thousands... felt in a dozen cities and effected ~15-20 million people..
Turkish Pres Erdogan, famous for his micromanagement of things, has not made any appearance.
I don't think I ever saw this in previous calamities: Turkish foreign missions and Turkish government affiliated orgs in foreign countries asking for money for #TurkeyEarthquake
Hatay Mayor says he is having difficulty finding the internet while speaking to the press this evening. Even Mayor having issue to get internet. @elonmusk last night said Turkish Govt has not accepted Starlink satellite internet. Apparently, it's still the same? #TurkeyEarthquake
Some serious earthquake happened in Turkey.. Looks like a lot of cities felt it. Too early to say how significant
Residents from a lot of cities, inc Niğde, Mersin, Adana and Diyarbakir report they felt a serious earthquake.
It's still early however we may be facing some serious earthquake in Turkey.
Acc to this journo based in Turkey, center of the earthquake is GAntep, could be as big as 7.8 richter scale.
If true, this could be serious.
Dozens of cities reporting it
Janet Yellen, April 13, 2022: “.. the unified coalition of sanctioning countries will not be indifferent to actions that undermine the sanctions we’ve put in place [against Russia]”
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No follow up so far on this front. atlanticcouncil.org/news/transcrip…
Appears no mediation role for Turkey as it seems there is no serious chance for talks. Peskov says.
But Russians are not winning on the ground either.
I missed this quote by Erdoğan last week: ‘we have told Biden whatever necessary in the past… When needed, I call Putin, and Putin calls me. So should Biden’
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Last time Biden called Erdoğan March 10th after #RU & Ukrainian FMs met in TR.
Friday Night Turkey bombshell
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Central Bank Chief Naci Agbal was appointed in February and now is gone.
He raised interest rates 2 points yesterday.
Today he was targeted by some of Erdogan’s Islamist papers.
New appointment Şahap Kavcıoğlu is known to be a quite close to former Finance Minister Berat Albayrak.
Mark today as the return of the son-in-law..
What is more: New CB Chief Şahap Kavcıoğlu is a columnist for Yenisafak, pro-Erdogan Islamist newspaper.
Yenisafak’s front page was a full attack on now-former CB Chief Agbal - today
Blinken said they will "see if more needs to be done" with regards to the CAATSA sanctions that were already imposed on Turkey in December by the U.S. State Department.
@ahval_en Senator @SenatorMenendez talks about “destablizing” actions of Turkey in Syria, Cyprus, EEZ, support for Azeri engagement re Nagorno-Karabakh… More lawyers & journos jailed in Turkey than any other countries. Are we cleared eyed about Erdogan?
Blinken: We are very clear eyed ++
@ahval_en@SenatorMenendez Secretary of State Nominee Blinken: Turkey is an ally in many ways not acting as an ally should. And this is [chuckles] very very significant challenge for us.. and we are very clear eyed about it.