The Politics of the Turkey/Syria Earthquake: Responses & Aftermath

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The recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have had catastrophic impacts across a large area. More than 44,000 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been left homeless, with key infrastructure heavily damaged. Many of those affected are refugee communities already traumatised by conflict. The magnitude and urgency of the humanitarian challenge requires critical reflection and discussion on the responses to the earthquakes from states, international organisations and NGOs. To what extent have emergency agencies been able to access and deliver relief to those most in need? What are the conditions, and prospects for, recovery and reconstruction? The panel at this event will consider these and other questions.

Chair: Dr Ayça Çubukçu – Associate Professor in Human Rights and Co-Director of LSE Human Rights at LSE

Speakers:

Dr Karabekir Akkoyunlu – Lecturer in the Politics of the Middle East, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS

Dr Hişyar Özsoy – Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)

Dr Rim Turkmani – Research Director of the Syria Research Programme, Conflict & Civicness Research Group, LSE IDEAS

Amberin Zaman – Senior Correspondent for Al-Monitor

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The event is free but those attending are invited to donate to fundraisers:

• Disasters Emergency Committee
• Syrian British Consortium

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