Repeated amnesties for illegal construction, developers just repeated amnesties for illegal construction, developersjust had repeated amnesties for illegal construction, developers just had to pay a fine. when disaster struck it exposed weaknesses in the turkish state. structural faults. exposed weaknesses in the turkish state. structuralfaults. president erdogan�*s long rule has notjust been using shoddy construction work and critics point to a lack of proper oversight and a lack of preparedness, the worst natural disaster in modern turkish history was compounded by man. many died waiting f...