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I am afraid Brits will not agree with you on that. BEKO is a well established brand in the UK for it’s : 1. Best under-counter fridges and freezers 2. Best value for money white good products 3. Best after sales service

All of the homes that have collapsed or have taken irreparable damage belong to private owners. These people come from different backgrounds. Some owned their homes with their life savings. Some owned them because they were of affluent background; So they could afford to buy them or have them...

https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2023/gundem/bakan-kurumdan-deprem-aciklamasi-yikik-acil-yikilacak-ve-agir-hasarli-bina-sayisi-belli-oldu-7594033/ Monetary and Humanitarian Scale of the disaster is gradually coming out in to the open. According to the related government minister, over 56000 buildings...

https://tass.com/economy/1577295 According to this article there is no hold up for Akkuyu.

News from ground: I have just been told that military is guarding streets now. In our street alone there are 10 soldiers fully armed, that are keeping guard up and down the street. I hope that is the case with all other cities.

Do we know where this money is now?

In the event of war and cataclysmic disasters like this, only way to hold law and order is to shoot on the spot, the looters and the vandals. State laws and humanitarian approach is no longer valid under such conditions. When someone is intending to do harm, or the security personnel (Police or...

https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2023/dunya/yunan-cizerden-turkiyeye-dostlar-hem-gece-hem-gunduz-gelir-7586580/?utm_source=ilgili_haber&utm_medium=free&utm_campaign=ilgilihaber Real friends both come at night and day. Very apt caricature!

Having dabbled in building multi-storey apartments through employing architects and civil engineers I do have good sources that can corroborate the above cost figures. But after the quake, what the inflation of building materials will bring is anybody’s guess. But I wouldn’t compare European...

If you don’t take in to account the cost of land, a quake resistant multi storey building with 4 to say 12 storeys, will cost you, realistically today, around 7500 TL per square meter to build. That is approximately 415 dollars a square metre. With over 11000 buildings reportedly collapsed...

I agree that politics and construction industry should separate. But most importantly, strict legislation on where to build and how to build, and what to build must be written like scripts carved on a stone and should be audited and checked with very strict guidelines. I still think that for...

Actually that is the common foundation they used to use in most buildings in Hatay. There are still hundreds of buildings with that type of foundation. This building must have been built with good standard materials to have stayed intact. It hasn’t collapsed. But with proper earthquake...

https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/depremden-17-saniye-once-gorulen-esrarengiz-olay-6901543 Something for the conspiracy theorists; An Unidentified Flying Object Blue tinted flashes in the Skies All 17seconds before the quake In Diyarbakir Captured on security camera.

Correct ! As the name suggests it is the value of a magnitude. Not the intensity. On top of it, since the quake occurred closer to surface than most, the amount of energy released to the surface was more devastating than a usually deeper seismic activity. With deep reinforced concrete walled...

Not 100% true. It has started to recede. But still there. Iskenderun city centre by the sea is still inaccessible due to flooding. But the worst thing is, no banks, no markets, no shops are open. A lot of citizens have fled the city. I spoke with people I know who are still in town only a couple...

I thought of that too. But I have asked many experienced civil engineers; Their explanation was to do with the water receding in the long run. Iskenderun sits on sand and there is water underneath. When you dig a metre water comes out. Building is difficult as this water has to be continuously...

In the UK almost all municipalities and towns have collection point of donations for the Turkish earthquake victims. Just Google or https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/turkey-syria-earthquake-appeal?gclid=EAIaIQobChMInp_zivCF_QIVlgaLCh3WOQFuEAAYASAAEgKcNvD_BwE#form-donate-module...

You can do the math ; nearly 12000 buildings collapsed. As it happened at 04.17 in the morning, most were caught in their sleep, not able to escape. (When you are shaking like that you can’t really escape never mind walk) . Each building with 6 to 20+ apartments would put potential souls under...

This is the entry road to Iskenderun after the exit from the motorway. I know the place very well. That is good to know that help is coming. It is also good that this road and motorway is now actually closed to all traffic but official and quake rescue vehicles.