Turkey will widen an investigation into building contractors suspected of violating safety standards following its devastating earthquake, the interior minister said, as the country stepped up housing plans for victims.
Suleyman Soylu said 564 suspects had been identified so far, with 160 people formally arrested and many more still under investigation.
"Our cities will be built in the right places, our children will live in stronger cities. We know what kind of test we are facing, and we will come out of this stronger," he told state broadcaster TRT Haber.In power for two decades, Erdogan faces elections within four months. Even before the quake, opinion polls showed he was under pressure from a cost of living crisis, which could worsen as the disaster has disrupted agricultural production.
Soylu said some 313,000 tents had been erected, with 100,000 container homes to be installed in the earthquake zone.
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