As the sun beat down on a Turkish tent camp for earthquake survivors, Bahattin Kar emerged from his makeshift shelter to complain about the lack of electricity and water, the unfair distribution of aid and the surging cost of living.
A MAK survey this week put Erdogan, who has focused much of his campaign on pledges to rebuild the destroyed areas, on 45.4% with Kilicdaroglu above the 50% threshold needed to win the presidential election in the first round.
Nearby, excavators resound as they demolish some of the 80-90% of buildings estimated to have suffered quake damage. Trucks have cleared away the rubble of apartment blocks that collapsed, leaving huge empty areas in the heart of the city. The opposing sides present very different narratives about Erdogan and his government's response to the disaster.
"The fundamental view is that the AKP-MHP government has left us in the ruins. They did not act timely to rescue people. This led to a serious accumulation of anger," he said, referring to Erdogan's party and its nationalist allies.The AKP has long dominated the 11 provinces affected by the quake, but Kilicdaroglu's CHP has strong support in southern areas of Hatay province, where Antakya is located. In 2018, the AKP took 5 parliamentary seats in Hatay and the CHP won four.
On the eastern side of the Orontes River, in Antakya's historic district, 63-year-old poet Hikmet Guzel held a contrasting view, saying voters would hold those regarded as responsible for failings in the disaster response accountable at the ballot box.
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