ANKARA — Vigils, memorials and prayers have been scattered Tuesday throughout Turkey’s 11 provinces that have been struck by two main earthquakes precisely a yr in the past — as Turkey marked the deadliest humanitarian catastrophe within the nation’s fashionable historical past.
Within the nation’s southeastern province of Hatay, one of many worst hit by the quake the place at the very least 22,000 folks died, hundreds gathered within the day-long ceremonies, with some touring to the province from different locations for the occasion.
The sentiment was a mix of grief and anger towards each authorities and opposition get together officers who’re touring the quake zone.
Turkey’s well being minister, Fahrettin Koca, predominant opposition chief Ozgur Ozel and Hatay Mayor Lutfu Savas have been all booed throughout a vigil held at daybreak on Tuesday. Savas hails from the opposition Republican Folks’s Get together (CHP), and his renomination for the submit within the upcoming March native polls has prompted fury among the many province’s residents.
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