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It would be a shame if Erdogan used this crisis to capitalize on his own political gain.
Unfortunately they will be looking at 20,000 if not significantly more. >

Yeah we are only a little over 36 hours from the start of the earthquake. Death toll usually spikes after the 72 hours mark. >

Winter temperatures as well are making this extra terrible :( >

Yeah this is going to be really bad. I've heard its pretty wet in the region currently as well. >

At the risk of sounding ignorant, why is the death toll so huge? Poor building standards? I don’t know much about Turkey. Edit: I appreciate all the helpful responses! >

Poor building standards, to be more precise not enough "quality control". There was not enough preparation. >

Yep. A rich country like Japan can afford some REALLY nice anti-earth quake technologies in their buildings.
In poorer countries, I would guess the government would let slide poorer building standards in favor of more people being able to afford an apartment and not being homeless.
It probably seemed to work well enough for them for a few decades so the government let it slide more and more until you see entire neighborhoods erased from the map once the strongest earthquake of the century hits. >

Google Brazilian slums. Everyone here knows those places are probably not the safest buildings possible.
But it's not exactly popular to force 17 million people to be homeless, so if a slum gets big enough, the government just turns a blind eye to entire mini-cities being built with near zero engineering oversight, often by the "owner" owns hand. >

Does anyone know if the military has arrived at the area to aid yet? Last I heard Erdoğan was only going to send a few thousand troops and they hadn't gone there yet. >

Turkish military entered my home city (Marash) about 20 hours ago (4-5 am local time) >

I guess it's a good time to bring up Turkey changed it's name to Türkiye and the US State Department is now using it. >

So would you say Türkiyish leader? >

Turkish and Turkiye, they can be different. Kinda like The Philippines and Filipinos >

Fuck me 5000 dead.
That's more then the death toll on 911.
That's a lot of heart ace. >

The worst part is it could very well be 10x worse than we know now. >

Even after all the nonsense they are trying to pull with NATO, everyone is here to help. Maybe this will get their heads out of their asses. >

One has nothing to do with the other, though. NATO is a military defense alliance. >

Yes, they are playing politics with the safety of two countries, those two countries that are there for them in a time of need despite their nonsense. 
If anything, I'd argue it's more severe what turkey is doing as a military threat causes more damage, more frequently >

lmao fuck off asshole I despise Erdogan but you seriously can't compare some political bs with an actual earthquake that has a projected death count of 50,000+ people
edit: wow crazy that this is getting dislikes after this dude says the most braindead shit possible, how in anyway is an immediate state of crisis comparable in severity to some political bullshit about a potential threat, if a disaster like this happened in Europe there's no way you'd be saying shit about their political agendas >

Are you so ignorant that you are discounting what Russia is doing in Ukraine can easily happen to non-nato countries due to turkey fucking around? OR are you purposefully blind.
The earthquake is a horrific one-off event. War is fucking daily my guy,
No one here is discounting or diminishing how horrific what's going on in turkey is, I am simply providing a point of comparison that it is nothing compared to a war that could be easily deterred.
Additionally, I am saying that these countries aren't being petty like Turkey, they see Turkey is in need and are helping, period. No political bullshit. >

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The earthquake is a horrific one-off event. War is fucking daily my guy,

In what metric are you even trying to compare these two events? Or do you not actually realize how severe of a disaster this actually is?

No one here is discounting or diminishing how horrific what's going on in turkey is, I am simply providing a point of comparison that it is nothing compared to a war that could be easily deterred.

And while you’re saying that no one is “discounting or diminishing” this event you literally say it’s nothing compared to a war in the next sentence lmao.
The chances of Russia actually invading Sweden is near zero, a country that they share no borders with, especially with a war already going on that they’re struggling in. And even then it still is an event that hasn't even occurred, and Erdogan leveraging Turkey's position has somehow caused more damage than this earthquake that has actually happened according to you. Do you even realize how insensitive and nonsensical that is?

Additionally, I am saying that these countries aren't being petty like Turkey, they see Turkey is in need and are helping, period. No political bullshit.

I still can’t believe you’re trying to justify this point holy shit. It's a state of emergency not some political game, Turkey would do the same for Sweden as would most other countries in a similar situation. It's an event that's more than politics it's not about transcending pettiness, you can't possibly compare this to Turkey leveraging it's position in NATO about something that can potentially happen, which in all likelyhood will not happen. That doesn't excuse Erdogan's agenda, it also doesn't justify whatever the fuck you're trying to say. >

It would be a shame if other countries were to capitalize on this crisis for their own political gains.