Erzincan, which is one of the cities in the first degree seismic zone of Turkey, has been the scene of destructive depressions through out history. One of these is the earthquake that took place on December 27, 1939, at a magnitude of 7.9 at 01.57. This earthquake, which is the largest of our country in the past century, killed 32.968 people and destroyed 116.720 buildings. Erzincan being in the centre, 11 provinces have been affected by the earthquake, causing serious damages and human losses in these cities. Turkey, trying to reconstruct the ruinedcountry from World War I and War of Independence, was shaken by a great Erzincan earthquake on December 27, 1939 and suffered a serious wound. As soon as it reached Ankara, the government launched a mobilization of aid for earthquake victims with all its institutions and organizations, and the public readily joined it. A total of 5321,770 liras and 36 kuruş have been collected from domestic and foreign aid within a period of approximately one year.
Earthquake, Erzincan earthquake, Ulus newspaper.
| Author : | Fadime TOSİK DİNÇ |
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| Number of pages: | 01-21 |
| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.22464/diyalektolog.112 |
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