With elections in May,Erdogan has been kissing babies and asking for forgiveness,but criminal complaints and voters are pinning the scale of the disaster on him.
Senior representatives from nine countries,as well as Palestinian representatives,are visiting Damascus looking to end the decade-long isolation of Bashar al-Assad.
Seismic detection devices and telescopic cameras were flown from Australia to Turkey along with food,water purification and first aid kits,and tents for the responders.
The Greenvale man is among three Australians reported killed in the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquakes that have killed more than 24,000 people.
The catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria is the deadliest since the 2011 tremor in Japan that triggered a tsunami,killing nearly 20,000 people.
Salih Yucel lost his sister in Turkey’s devastating earthquake and the wait goes on for news of his other family members.
Aerial images reveal entire streets reduced to ruins in the Turkish towns of Islahiye and Nurdagi after a series of devastating earthquakes.
More than 5000 people are confirmed dead in southern Turkey and northern Syria where freezing temperatures and some 200 aftershocks are complicating search efforts.
The magnitude 7.8 earthquake and its aftershocks have unleashed a humanitarian disaster of unfathomable proportions. Before you give,however,do your research.
Syrians once again heard the roar and thud of buildings coming down,in scenes all too familiar to a region devastated by more than a decade of civil war.
The earthquake that struck parts of Turkey and Syria on Monday is the latest in a string of destructive tremors around the world. Here’s a look at some of the most deadly.