The Political Consequences of Turkey's Earthquake
By Soner Cagaptay
CNN Global Public Square, October 24, 2011
In 1999, two massive earthquakes struck Western Turkey just outside of Istanbul, killing thousands of people. The quakes shook not only the Anatolian tectonic plate but also the Turks' confidence in their much-respected secular elites who, soon after the quakes, were voted out of power for failing to respond in time to the devastating tremors.
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