Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits the city center destroyed by last the Feb. "We solved the problem of 144,156 citizens of Maras with zoning amnesty," Erdogan said, using his term for the construction amnesties handed out to allow contractors to ignore the safety codes that had been put on the books specifically to make apartment blocks, houses and office buildings more resistant to earthquakes. " The group said the practice is used "for the sake of political gain," and must be stopped