Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdo?an declared a state of emergency in areas ravaged by the region’s worst earthquake in decades as the death toll in his country and neighbouring Syria crossed 7,200.
With efforts intensifying to rescue people trapped under rubble since two huge tremors hit the region on Monday, Erdo?an triggered the emergency powers to deal with the humanitarian crisis.
They will enable him to rule by decree in much of Turkey’s south-east, bypassing parliament and regional authorities run by opposition parties.
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