China presses Elduan to remove the Republic of China flag after tweet

Turkish President Alduan tweeted on October 31 to thank the friendly countries for their blessings and support after the earthquake and posted red flags all over the ground. It is understood that under pressure from China, the flag sticker of the Republic of China in his tweet has been taken off the shelves on the 1st. It has been more than 51 hours since the strong earthquake in the Aegean region occurred on the 30th. The earthquake killed 62 people and injured 920 people in Turkey. Search and rescue work continues.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan tweeted on the evening of October 31, the Republic of Turkey is very grateful to all friendly countries and international organizations for their blessings and support after the Izmir earthquake.

He posted 100 national flags or flags of international organizations in 3 thank-you posts, including the red flags of blue sky, white sun and all over the ground. However, the third tweet containing the flag of the Republic of China was deleted on the 1st, and the red flag was not visible in the post uploaded separately. It is understood that after the Chinese authorities put pressure on the Turkish government, even the Al section changed the content uploaded on the Twitter account.

This strong earthquake occurred at 2:51 pm on October 30th, local time. The epicenter was in the Aegean Sea off Izmir Province. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported an earthquake with a scale of 7.0 and a focal depth of 10 kilometers. However, the Turkish Disaster and Response Administration (AFAD) has an estimated scale of 6.6 and a focal depth of 16.5 kilometers.