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İmamoğlu: Places Said to be Assembly Areas Don’t Have Necessary Physical Qualities

İmamoğlu: Places Said to be Assembly Areas Don’t Have Necessary Physical Qualities

Mayor of İstanbul İmamoğlu has stated, “It is said that 2,864 parks and similar places were reported to Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) as emergency assembly areas. These places do not have the necessary physical qualities”.

27 September 2019

Number of Emergency Assembly Areas in İstanbul 'Reduced from 407 to 77'

Number of Emergency Assembly Areas in İstanbul 'Reduced from 407 to 77'

The TMMOB and İstanbul City Defense said after today's earthquake that most of the assembly areas have been zoned for construction.

26 September 2019

İstanbul Earthquake: First Statements by Mayor, President

İstanbul Earthquake: First Statements by Mayor, President

Mayor İmamoğlu has said they are “on alert”, President Erdoğan has remarked that there are “tens of thousands of assembly areas” in the city.

26 September 2019

5.8-Magnitude Earthquake in İstanbul

5.8-Magnitude Earthquake in İstanbul

A major earthquake hit İstanbul at around 2 p.m. today. The magnitude of the earthquake, which was felt across the city and its vicinity, has been announced as 5.8 by Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute.

26 September 2019

Small Earthquake Shakes İstanbul

Small Earthquake Shakes İstanbul

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake in the Marmara Sea has been reported.

24 September 2019

20th Year of Gölcük Earthquake: 17 Thousand People Lost Their Lives

20th Year of Gölcük Earthquake: 17 Thousand People Lost Their Lives

Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of August 17 Earthquake, which claimed the lives of 17,840 people according to official figures. We once again remember the toll of the earthquake, asking “Is Turkey prepared for an earthquake?”

16 August 2019 Hikmet Adal

Fifty-Nine Buildings Severely Damaged in Denizli Earthquake

Fifty-Nine Buildings Severely Damaged in Denizli Earthquake

The Interior Minister has announced that 81 people applied to hospitals and 83 aftershocks occurred after yesterday's earthquake.

Earthquakes in Denizli, Aegean Sea

Earthquakes in Denizli, Aegean Sea

Earthquakes of 5.7 magnitude in Denizli and 4.8 in Aegean Sea have hit western Turkey. Five people have been hospitalized.

Earthquake in Aegean Sea

Earthquake in Aegean Sea

An earthquake with 6.3 magnitude happened in the Aegean Sea at 3:28 p.m.

Three Out of Four of 493 Assembly Areas Have Been Zoned for Construction

16TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1999 MARMARA EARTHQUAKE

Three Out of Four of 493 Assembly Areas Have Been Zoned for Construction

A commemoration ceremony was performed on 16th anniversary of August 17, 1999 Marmara Earthquake. Chamber of Architects İstanbul Branch Chairperson Cemal Gökçe drew attention that İstanbul wasn’t more ready for an earthquake than 1999.

“İstanbul isn’t More Ready for an Earthquake than 1999”

CHAMBER OF ARCHITECTS BRANCH CHAIRPERSON CEMAL GÖKÇE:

“İstanbul isn’t More Ready for an Earthquake than 1999”

Chamber of Architects İstanbul Branch Chairperson Cemal Gökçe, said İstanbul is still unprepared for an earthquake since August 17, 1999. Qualified supervision and sustained urbanization were stressed.

13 August 2015 Beyza Kural

Teachers Take the Street in Aftermath of Van Earthquakes

Teachers Take the Street in Aftermath of Van Earthquakes

Teachers in Van took the street to protest the handling of the aftermath of the two major earthquakes that hit the region in October and November 2011. They drew attention to the still very bad situation of earthquake victims and to the persistent problem of housing.

16 January 2012

Major Earthquake in Eastern Turkey

Major Earthquake in Eastern Turkey

The eastern city of Van was hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on Sunday, 23 October. More than 200 people died and more than a thousand people were injured in the quake.

24 October 2011

Earthquake in South-East Turkey: 57 Casualties

Earthquake in South-East Turkey: 57 Casualties

An earthquake of 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked the region of the south-eastern province of Elazığ with its epicentre in the Karakoçan County in the early morning hours of 8 March. Latest numbers speak of 57 casualties and more than 60 injured.

8 March 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Small Earthquake in Marmara Sea

Last night some people in Istanbul felt the three-second shake originating in the Marmara Sea.

Earthquake in Ankara

The Bala district of Ankara province experienced an earthquake on Thursday, the first day of the Feast of Sacrifice.

24 December 2007 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

Istanbul Not Prepared for Earthquake

Istanbul Not Prepared for Earthquake

On the anniversary of the 1999 earthquake in the Marmara Sea region, it is clear that Istanbul is not prepared for a future earthquake, predicted to take place within the next thirty years.

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