"A Turkish Builder on Istanbul’s Deadly Buildings
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Istanbul skylineAndrew C. Revkin Istanbul is full of buildings vulnerable to a predicted earthquake.
Ali Ağaoğlu, a billionaire developer in Turkey, caused a stir last year when he admitted that his family’s company – and most other developers –routinely used inappropriate materials during a building boom in Istanbul in recent decades, creating enormous vulnerability because of the long history of powerful earthquakes in the sprawling city."
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