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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 15 February 2023)
There must be something in the water...
During last Monday's earthquake, there was no loss of life nor any
injuries suffered in Vakıflı village populated entirely by Armenians
and located five kilometers from Samandağ in Hatay province.
The village was established during the Ottoman period and is home to
130 people. Only the outer wall of Meryem Ana church, along with
the village school and some other homes and buildings, were damaged.
Berç Kartun, who has been the village chief of Vakıflı for 30 years noted
that "Musa Tree", which was declared a "tree monument" in 1981,
and which is said to have been planted by Moses and nourished by
"immortal" water on its hilltop (!), survived, too. "Musa Tree" is
located in Hıdırbey village, 3 kilometers from Vakıflı, and none of the
structures there suffered any earthquake damage either.
The tree, thought to be 3,600 years old, is on the slopes of Musa
Mountain, which was the site of a WWI incident that saw Armenians
resist deportation by Ottoman authorities. The Armenians were
rescued by a French warship and taken to Egypt.
from Wikipedia:
The deportation orders of the Armenian population of modern-day Turkey,
issued by the Ottoman government, in July 1915 reached the six Armenian
villages of the Musa Dagh region: Kabusia (Kaboussieh), Yoghunoluk,
Turkish forces converged upon the town, the populace, aware of the
impending danger, refused deportation and fell back upon Musa mountain,
thwarting assaults for fifty-three days, from July to September.
Allied warships, most notably the French 3rd Squadron in the
Fournet, sighted the survivors just as ammunition and food provisions
evacuated 3,004 women and children and over 1,000 men from Musa
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