"A Human-Made Disaster": Kurdish MP in Southern Turkey Slams Government As Death Toll Hits 42,000
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We get an update on last week's earthquakes from Turkish parliament member Hiyar Ozsoy, in the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakr in southern Turkey, who says the devastation there reflects a lack of planning and regulation that led to so many buildings collapsing. This is not a natural disaster in Turkey. It is a human-made disaster," says Ozsoy.