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Videos show Turkey's Erdogan boasted letting builders avoid earthquake codes

February 13, 2023

Peter Kenyon

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits the city center destroyed by last the Feb. 6 earthquake in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, on Feb. 8. (Turkish Presidency via AP)

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