ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the government will take action to make sure that illegal buildings and squatter homes are destroyed after an earthquake collapsed poorly made buildings, killing hundreds.
At least 461 people were killed in Sunday’s quake in the eastern province of Van and more than 2,262 buildings were destroyed, the government said. Erodgan said poor construction is responsible for some of the deaths.
“From now on, we will pass all authority for illegal buildings and squatter homes to our ministry; whomever doesn’t fix or tear down such buildings, we will declare eminent domain and demolish them ourselves,” Erdogan said. “We will speedily make the legal arrangements.”
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