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    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      ‘I compare it with Chernobyl’: Ukrainians confront consequences of dam disaster

      Humanitarian disaster compounded by damage to crucial farming industry and transport routes

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    • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Thousands race to flee Ukraine towns as flooding spreads

      Large areas left without clean drinking water as civilians warned to be wary of landmines caught up in torrents

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Turkish elections
      How earthquake zone voters could sway Turkey’s election

      Journey by about 1mn people to cast their votes could have a significant outcome on tightly contested poll

    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia accidentally bombs own city near Ukrainian border

      Three people injured in fiery explosion after Belgorod mistakenly hit by fighter jet

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Turkish economy
      Turkey raises $2.25bn in first bond deal since earthquake

      Tens of billions of dollars needed to rebuild homes, hospitals and schools after February disaster

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      News in-depth
      Spy chief’s daughter highlights UN’s tangled relations with Syrian regime

      Sanctioned figure’s daughter works for UN agency as quake exposes compromises in aid provision benefiting regime

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      FT CollectionsTurkish general election 2023
      ‘Something is boiling’: Turkish football fans tackle Erdoğan

      President struggles to contain fallout over government’s response to February earthquake

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Turkish politics
      Turkey to press ahead with May 14 elections

      President Erdoğan quashes speculation poll might be postponed in face of criticism of government response to earthquake

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Visual investigation
      From ‘paradise’ to hell: how a luxury residence in Turkey became an earthquake death trap

      A collapsed apartment complex symbolises rot in country’s construction system

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      World Bank estimates earthquake caused $34bn of damage to Turkey

      Report highlights massive scale of disaster and rebuilding efforts that must take place

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      Turkish economy
      Turkey cuts interest rates in effort to boost economy following earthquake

      Reduction is latest in series of big rate cuts ahead of general election

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      Turkish economy
      Turkey offers support to quake-hit businesses in southern region

      Presidential decree bars workplaces damaged by the natural disaster from dismissing staff

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      Fresh tremors hit earthquake-devastated province in Turkey

      Further deaths reported after buildings damaged two weeks ago collapse

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      News in-depthNatural disasters
      From Haiti to Japan, what happens after film crews leave disaster zones?

      An inadequate response to tremors, storms or tsunamis can topple governments

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      News in-depth
      Turkey counts massive cost of rebuilding shattered towns and cities

      Tens of billions of dollars will be required to fund the reconstruction of quake-ravaged areas

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      House & Home
      Lessons from a disaster: building homes for an earthquake

      We can’t prevent earthquakes but engineers and architects have the knowhow to design structures that can keep residents safe

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Dispatch from northwest Syria

      Smaller-than-expected fall in US inflation will fuel concern over persistence of higher prices

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      News in-depth
      Syrians left to fend for themselves as earthquake relief fails to materialise

      Residents of rebel-held territory tell of sense of abandonment after devastating February 6 disaster

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Kim Ghattas
      The Syrian earthquake is not a free pass for Assad

      The president is positioning himself as a solution to the wicked problems he has created

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      News in-depth
      Erdoğan under fire as shoddy Turkish building standards exposed by quake

      President faces backlash over 2018 amnesty for faults in millions of buildings despite history of natural disasters

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Syrian refugees in Turkey face rising hostility

      YouTube Shorts takes on TikTok in battle for younger users

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      News in-depth
      ‘They hate us’: quake tests ties between Syrian refugees and Turkish hosts

      Many of those who crossed the border to escape civil war and are now homeless face growing hostility

    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      Erdoğan targets building developers as earthquake death toll tops 33,000

      Turkish president tries to address criticism over lax enforcement of building standards

    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      Turkey cracks down on developers of buildings toppled in earthquake

      Erdoğan faces growing outrage over poor quality of construction in stricken region

    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Death toll in Turkey and Syria earthquakes reaches historic scale

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