Turkey's construction industry accounts for about 10% of GDP and the country has an $800 billion economy. Turks are aware that their buildings are not up to code but they've known it since the 1999 earthquake. The president, Regip Thai Erdogan, has blamed fate for the fact that this was such a devastating earthquake. When President Erdogan visited her town yesterday he said to have remarked the disaster was part of fate's plan.

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