1. Natural disasters often precede political upheaval. Turkey’s presidential election in in May. Polls show a close race.
Elif Shafak:
The sad truth is that an alarming number of buildings in my motherland are not up to code. Entire city blocks have been destroyed in this earthquake; for more profit and gain, personal favors and nepotism, lives were squa…
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