"There Are Shortcomings": Turkish President As Quake Deaths Top 16,000

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday conceded "shortcomings" after criticism of his government's response to the earthquake, one of the deadliest this century. Officials and medics said 12,873 people had died in Turkey and at least 3,162 in neighbouring Syria from Monday's quake, bringing the total to 16,035. In Brussels, the EU is planning a donor conference in March to mobilise international aid for Syria and Turkey. 'People dying every second'Due to the scale of the damage and the lack of help coming to certain areas, survivors said they felt alone in responding to the disaster. Monday's quake was the largest Turkey has seen since 1939, when 33,000 people died in the eastern Erzincan province.
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