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How the earthquake could spell the end of his rule.

Aid organisation criticised for caring about profit rather than victims by selling tents to a charity trying to help earthquake survivors

Three weeks after devastating earthquakes caused massive destruction and mass deaths in Turkey and Syria, anger at the government’s response is growing.

Turks' ongoing fury over the government's response to the devastating earthquakes has ramped up over reports that the Turkish Red Crescent sold thousands of tents rather than distributing them to victims.

The network's local member firms in Istanbul and Ankara recommended an advocacy organization funded by Turkish rock singer Haluk Levent.

(Reuters) - An NGO started by a Turkish rock star and endorsed by pop star Madonna has raised 1 billion Turkish lira ($53 million) for earthquake victims, after many opposed to Turkey's government said they prefer not to donate to state-run organisations.

Turkey-Syria was hit by earthquakes and recording over 46,000 death tolls, there is mounting criticism on the Turkish government.

After Madonna's direct appeal for aid for Türkiye quake victims, the spotlight has shone on the rocker turned philanthropist who's leading relief efforts.

Taking a handful of men into custody does not constitute an acknowledgment of the party-state’s systemic refusal to enforce public safety requirements when its clientelist political economy was at stake. As a Turkish colleague put it to me in conversation, the culprits will not be held to account when the culprits and those holding to account are the same people.

As the death toll in the Turkey-Syria earthquakes spirals past a record 46,000 – and a fresh earthquake has struck the Turkish region of Hatay &ndash