Zeki Karababa

Will this earthquake be Erdogan’s undoing?

Published by Kathimerini on Mon, 03/13/2023 - 08:49

ADIYAMAN, Turkey - Beneath each fresh mound in this rapidly expanding graveyard lies a tragedy. One morning at dawn, Zeki Karababa told me about his.

Karababa's brother, Hamit; Hamit's wife, Fatma; and two children, Ahmet, 10, and Evra, 3, had been crushed when their apartment building crumbled in the earthquake.

But that was just the beginning.