What is POLITICO Pro? Policy areas Our Pro coverage Request a demo Contact us earthquakes in Turkey, so, too, does the political danger for the country’s leader. Opposition politicians are openly blaming Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the fact the country was ill-prepared for the catastrophe, as well as for the slow relief effort which they say has been worsened by the state’s failure to cooperate and coordinate with local authorities and relief agencies. “Although we have the largest search and rescue team in the world right now, it is a reality that search efforts are not as fast as we wanted them to be,” he said