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Turkish government criticised for earthquake response as combined death toll with Syria passes 15,000

Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has admitted there were problems with his government's initial response to the earthquakes that devastated his nation's south.

The combined reported death toll from the disaster in Türkiye and neighbouring Syria — the world's deadliest earthquake in more than a decade — has risen past 15,000.

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