I think another just as instructive example was the destruction of Port-au-Prince in Haiti on 12 January 2010. Because earthquakes on Haiti are very rare, the city had essentially almost no buildings that could withstand anything above a circa 5.5 magnitude earthquake. So when that earthquake struck, the death toll was horrific: some estimates put it at 316,000, with many still missing.
Yep, but Turkey doesn´t really have the excuses of Haiti, I.e. deep poverty and a paucity of earthquakes.
It should be noted though that this quake occurred in the poorest part of Turkey, in the far eastern part of the country, which makes things worse.