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Quake Latest: Deaths Top 23,000; Politics Complicate Syrian Aid

Rescuers transport a survivor from a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey, on Feb. 9.
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By Bloomberg News

February 10, 2023 at 5:21 AM UTC

Updated on

February 10, 2023 at 6:56 PM UTC

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the initial state response had been slowed by the fact that emergency personnel and their families were themselves trapped under collapsed buildings.