Turkey rages at shoddy construction after ‘earthquake-proof’ homes topple

Eleven days after the quake that killed more than 43,000 in Turkey and Syria and left millions homeless, outrage is growing over what Turks see as corrupt building practices and deeply flawed urban developments.

Residents of a luxury housing complex in southern Turkey thought their apartments were ‘earthquake-proof’ until the structure toppled like a domino in last week’s devastating earthquake, leaving hundreds feared dead.