Isla Jean Yackley: The speed with which Turkey is trying to rebuild does create risks. She says it could make it difficult to prosecute anyone in the aftermath of an earthquake. There are other countries that Turkey may be looking to for help, she says. It's Today Explained on weekdays at 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. ET.
Thousands of buildings collapsed after Turkey’s massive earthquakes. Now President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is facing a backlash for an amnesty program that gave developers retroactive approval for shoddy construction.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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