In the aftermath of the Turkish earthquakes, the offices of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development party in Kahramanmaraş were deserted, the front doors tied together haphazardly with a cable.
A board bearing the party logo and the words “AK parti” was propped against the broken glass door to prevent intruders. In the window, office furniture was piled high, evidence of a cleanup after two powerful quakes shook the city and much of south-east Turkey, jolting an area traditionally considered a bedrock of support for the AKP.
