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France 24
France 24
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Shona BHATTACHARYYA

Faster and cheaper: Turkey's construction sector blamed for scale of earthquake devastation

Many buildings were reduced to rubble in Osmaniye following the February 6 earthquakes in southeastern Turkey. © FRANCE 24 screenshot

From our special correspondent in Osmaniye, Turkey – Developers in Turkey’s construction sector are in the hot seat and dozens have been arrested following the earthquakes that caused the collapse of thousands of multi-storey buildings and individual houses on February 6, killing tens of thousands. FRANCE 24's Shona Bhattacharyya, Ludovic de Foucaud and Hussein Asad report from Osmaniye, Turkey.

Economic growth in modern Turkey is partly fuelled by the construction sector, but architects are saying that pressure to build faster and cheaper has led to collusion between politicians and housing developers and a lack of respect for building codes.

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