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Turkey and Syria earthquake latest: death toll rises to 22,765 as anger grows over Syria rescue response

Rescue efforts continue amid growing criticism of UN response in Syria and calls for full humanitarian access

  • No room for the dead as cemeteries fill up
  • Have you been affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria?

Four days after the quake struck – and as Turkey prepares for parliamentary and presidential elections in May – familiar questions are being asked about the part that poorly observed construction codes may have played in the disaster. AP has this:

Turkey has for years tempted fate by not enforcing modern construction codes while allowing — and in some cases, encouraging — a real estate boom in earthquake-prone areas, experts say.

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