The quake is the worst in the region since at least 1999, when a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the western Turkish city of Izmit, killing more than 17,000 people. Ways to donate ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turks lit torches and laid wreathes in pre-dawn memorials Monday for victims of a devastating earthquake 10 years ago, and the government acknowledged it had not done ...

It just brings all those terrible, terrible memories in my mind again," said Ari, a Turkish-born London dentist, who was one of countless victims of the 1999 İzmit earthquake, which killed more ...

Earthquakes are common in Turkey - about 17,000 people died in a quake in the western city of Izmit in 1999. Friday's quake struck at about 20:55 local time (17:55 GMT). Tremors were also felt in ...

Rescuers search for victims and survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in Aleppo, Syria, ... says building codes enacted after the 1999 quake near Izmit are good, ...

Mourners burying a victim of a the October 30th 2020 earthquake, in Izmir, Turkey, in ... A magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck the western Turkish city of Izmit killed more than 17,000 ...

After that Izmit earthquake in 1999, I was there. We were inspecting a factory. You build a strong building with reinforced concrete, which is the standard building material the world over.

Geelong woman Esra Temel is helping deliver relief aid to Turkey earthquake victims. ... When she was just six, her hometown of Yalova was severely impacted by the 1999 Izmit earthquake.

The 1999 Izmit earthquake, still deeply mourned, was the biggest earthquake in Turkey I knew about growing up, causing almost 20,000 deaths, and collapsing over 100,000 buildings.My mother was ...

Turkish history is still marked by the Erzincan earthquake in 1939 and the Izmit earthquake of 1999. ... With hundreds of Turkey's quake victims still missing, families struggle to grieve.