The Turkish Government's Response to the Massive Earthquake in Turkey

In February, there was a massive earthquake in Turkey, as you know well. There were also major questions about $44 billion worth of tax revenue that had been set aside since 1999's largest humble earthquake. People were wondering where did that money go? It went into the pockets of Erdogan's cronies in the construction industry. And Erdogan has been very personally associated with Turkey's Syria policy first attempting to conciliate Bashar al-Assad and most recently trying to curry favor with him.