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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 February 2023)
That was then...
The historian Urfalı Mateos wrote about an earthquake that occurred in
Kahramanmaraş, the center of the 6 February earthquakes, 909 years
ago (!) in his diary: "I was suddenly awakened from a deep sleep by a
horrific noise. The ground vibrated violently, rocks were split and hills
cracked. About 40,000 people died in Maraş. The hills and mountains
screamed like live animals and waved from side to side like trees. People
moaned like the deathly ill do and thought that Judgement Day had come."
The earthquake that Urfali Mateos lived through happened on 29
November 1114 but Maraş experienced more earthquakes in 1513 and,
again on 29 November, in 1795 (!). The destroyed areas in Maraş in
1114 were those of the Franks, whereas there was no damage suffered
in the Moslem portions. Many people died in Sis (today's Kozan) and
quite a number of villages and monasteries were destroyed. That same
night in 1114, there was tremendous damage in Samusat (Samsat),
Hısnımansur (Adıyaman), Keysun, Raban, as well as in Maraş. Right
after the earthquake, snow began to fall and the land was covered in
white.
...this is now.
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türkçe links to original Turkish article
(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 February 2022)
Built to last.
The 1,800-year-old Cendere Bridge built by the 16th Roman Legion
in the time of Emperor Septimius Severius (192-211 A.D.) over the
Cendere Stream in Kahta district of Adıyaman province, withstood
the 6 February earthquakes. The bridge is 7 meters wide, 120
meters long and 30 meters above the stream and suffered absolutely
no damage on 6 February. (!)
Similarly, there was no damage suffered at the tomb of women of
the Kommagene Kingdom family at the Karakuş Mound, where the
7.18-meter high Eagles Column, which King Mithradates (36-21 B.C.)
had built in memory of his wife İsias and sisters, remains intact.
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