Here in Istanbul, fear is growing. The two powerful earthquakes in Turkey's south that claimed almost 50,000 lives have brought a new urgency to its biggest city. Home to 15 million people ...

Up to 75,000 buildings across the affected earthquake zone in southern Turkey have been given construction amnesties, according to Pelin Pınar Giritlioğlu, Istanbul head of the Union of Chambers ...

Two large earthquakes have occurred in the early ... Light shaking was felt as far away as Turkey’s largest city Istanbul (around 815 kilometers away), as well as Baghdad in Iraq (800 kilometers ...

After earthquakes hit southeastern Turkey in February ... to relocate the residents of at least 1.5 million buildings in Istanbul. Plans call for establishing satellite towns in the European ...

Footnote 3 numerous scientific studies were conducted in Turkey, which all reached the consensus that another earthquake of a moment magnitude (M W) of at least 7 would occur soon on the North ...

The earthquake in Turkey and Syria – one year on Reuniting with a family trying to rebuild their lives. The Documentary Podcast. Assignment: Tempting fate - Istanbul's earthquake dilemma.

ANKARA, February 17. /TASS/. Some 10,000 residents of Istanbul live in houses that may instantly collapse in case of an earthquake, Bugra Gokce, Deputy Secretary General of Istanbul's city hall ...

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A few local Jews were rescued from rubble as southeastern Turkey was ravaged by its worst earthquake in a century. This is a developing story. ISTANBUL (JTA) — Israel is sending aid to Turkey ...

From Istanbul, Güllü was too young to remember that day ... “Coping with Natural Disasters: The Politics of Turkey’s Earthquakes.” “While earthquakes can’t be controlled, we can hopefully get to a ...