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

Turk here. It is 100% corruption. >

Are you sure that's not the rate at which there's reason to remember the name? >

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) >

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