Turkey Digs Out From a Catastrophe | Engineering News-Record

Turkey Digs Out From a Catastrophe April 11, 2023 Pam McFarland Technical experts say quakes’ death toll and destruction were made worse by systemic problems in the nation’s building industry In what’s left of Antakya, a once- thriving and cosmopolitan tourist destination in the southeastern edge of Turkey, the streets seem weirdly quiet. Buildings stand askew at odd angles or are completely toppled, and the rubble from the homes of people who lived inside of them is neatly collected into piles and mounds. These piles of trash, a strange amalgamation of concrete and wire, shards of glass, and blankets, toys and other small remnants of lives interrupted, seem to outnumber intact structures here in Antakya, the epicenter of a string of earthquakes that began with a 7.8-magnitude temblor on Feb. 6. More:Turkey Digs Out From a Catastrophe | Engineering News-Record