Just 24 hours after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan must face both public anger and opposition criticism for handling the unimaginable tragedy. The Turkish presidency hit back, with the state-run Anadolu Agency broadcasting photos and videos of babies rescued from the wreckage in Kahramanmaras in southern Turkey being transported to Ankara by the presidential plane.
16 babies rescued from the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras are being transferred to Ankara by Turkish Presidential Plane after 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes hit Turkey’s multiple provinces https://t.co/IrVtKSlUJP
📸: Mehmet Ali Özcan, Hakan Dündar pic.twitter.com/cqqfZwo4Pu
— Anadolu Images (@anadoluimages) February 8, 2023
Cumhurbaşkanliğına ait vakak, depremlerin ışışıtığı Kahramanmaraş’tan, refakatçilire non 16 taking the baby and brought it to Ankara https://t.co/aNwrBG779N pic.twitter.com/5ainTemcOL
— ANADOLU AJANSI (@anadoluajansi) February 8, 2023
In the earthquake regions, 16 babies, who did not recover from the earthquake, were brought to Ankara by plane https://t.co/aNwrBG779N pic.twitter.com/ECWZbMz7pj
— ANADOLU AJANSI (@anadoluajansi) February 8, 2023
At the same time, the Turkish presidency published images of Emine Erdogan visiting rescued infants.
First Lady Erdoğan visits earthquake-victim babies https://t.co/74neoV2h6T pic.twitter.com/91yqjtb53n
— Presidency of the Republic of Turkey (@trpresidency) February 9, 2023
His wife Erdogan found in Kahramanmaras. “Emine Erdogan, who loves to hug children, shed tears during her visit,” reports Anadolu.
Emine Erdoğan visited Ankara’ya bekende depremzede bebekleri ziyaret etti https://t.co/zRCl4XU5ws pic.twitter.com/2KaSNQ5au4
— ANADOLU AJANSI (@anadoluajansi) February 8, 2023
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, upon his arrival yesterday in Turkey’s southern province of Hatay, which has been troubled by the deadly earthquake, acknowledged mistakes of the state apparatus, but made it clear that he will not accept negative criticism.
“Now is the time for unity, for solidarity. In a period like this, I cannot tolerate people who conduct negative campaigns for political interests,” he said.
“Of course, there are gaps, it is impossible that we were prepared for such a disaster,” he stressed, adding that the government will speed up the removal of rubble and the construction of houses.
Source: News Beast

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