Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Train Disaster Taints Erdogan's Pompous Presidential Ceremony

Train Disaster Taints Erdogan’s Pompous Presidential Ceremony
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan‘s historic oath ceremony on Monday drew dozens of world leaders and captured national attention for all the pomp and grandeur. But the epochal moment was tainted by a disaster in northwestern Turkey a day before when a train derailment killed 24 passengers and injured more than 300, generating controversy over Turkey’s decrepit and dilapidated railway infrastructure.

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