Turkey’s quake-readiness no better than before 1999
▻http://www.todayszaman.com/business_turkeys-quake-readiness-no-better-than-before-1999_355958.html
Although 15 years have passed since a devastating earthquake hit the Marmara region in 1999, Turkey has taken insufficient measures since then and is leaving the country vulnerable to another major quake.
The magnitude 7.4 earthquake left at least 18,000 people dead and many others disabled when it hit the Marmara region on Aug. 17, 1999. Fifteen years later, Turkey is wondering when the area will be hit by another one, with many expressing concerns about the readiness of the country’s most populous city, İstanbul, for a big quake.
Recent media reports said half of the 480 empty plots that were allocated for people to gather in and set up tents following quakes or other natural disasters in İstanbul in 2001, in line with the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality’s Emergency Action Plan, were opened up to construction. Residential units or shopping malls have been constructed in 240 of these empty plots since then.
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