Two big earthquakes which happened on 6th of February left us big damages in the southeastern region of Turkiye. The modern and concrete building were down because of the architectural…
Türkiye and Earthquake
Earthquake is one of the facts of this geography. Unfortunately, every 100 years or every 50 years Turkish landscape has been facing small or big (depends on the period) earthquakes.…
Great Istanbul earthquake 1509-Small Apocalypse
A great earthquake story from Istanbul history, earthquake has been one of the most important facts of the geography. We are going back in time. We are in 1509, probably…
Gaziantep Fortress fell to pieces
The earthquake that caused a big damage in South Eastern Turkiye also damaged the historical fortress of Gaziantep province. This fortress is also a symbol of the city. Its history…
Earthquake history in Anatolia
As you can see above, Anatolian Peninsula is the conjunction of three plates. Briefly we are on the crash site of three wild plataes. It means that Turkiye is standing…
Architect Sinan… a master that has defeated earthquakes several times
Earthquake has been very important fact for this region and the world since the beginning.Human being has faced this fact many times in the history. But some genius architects managed…
Earthquake is back…. Second biggest earthquake of 100 years
On 6th of February, the southeast of Turkish Republic was hit by two earthquakes in 7.7 and 7.6 richter scale. 10 provinces of Turkiye were destroyed. Mostly those cities were…