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**ZIDouglas** · 10-26-2011, 01:23 PM

Turkey is on a major fault line which results in earthquakes ever 10 years or so.
The 1999 Izmir quake revealed the utter contemptuous negligence of the secular led government and military. This ushered in the rise of the AKP.
The AKP govt response to this week's earthquake is far superior to Izmir. Turkey has even declined foreign assistance.

Its quite noteworthy that Kurds have been complaining that the govt has not given them food or shelter only two days after the quake.
Except the Turkish military was preoccupied with fighting the PKK in the region.

10-26-2011, 01:23 PM	#23
ZIDouglas Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 472 Senior Member	Turkey is on a major fault line which results in earthquakes ever 10 years or so. The 1999 Izmir quake revealed the utter contemptuous negligence of the secular led government and military. This ushered in the rise of the AKP. The AKP govt response to this week's earthquake is far superior to Izmir. Turkey has even declined foreign assistance. Its quite noteworthy that Kurds have been complaining that the govt has not given them food or shelter only two days after the quake. Except the Turkish military was preoccupied with fighting the PKK in the region.
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