In the wake of Turkey’s worst earthquake since 1939, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is clearly concerned about how the government’s response will affect the result in the May elections.
Erdoğan is striving to show he is at the forefront of relief efforts in those areas where an estimated 35,418 people have died.
But the response and the devastation of the earthquake highlights some of the government’s weaknesses.
