Adiyaman | Turkish officials have begun detaining dozens of contractors they blamed for some building collapses in last week’s devastating earthquake, as anger swelled over the government’s slow rescue effort and the death toll in the country and neighbouring Syria surpassed 28,000.

More than 100 people were detained in the 10 provinces affected by the quake, the state-run news agency Anadolu reported on Saturday (Sunday AEDT), as the Turkish Justice Ministry ordered officials in those provinces to set up “earthquake crimes investigation units”.

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