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Ancient Antioch Survived Many Disasters in Its 2,400 Years—Then Turkey’s Earthquake Obliterated It Now known as Antakya, the former Roman metropolis has lost priceless landmarks of its ...
Hatay’s Antakya district, which includes the historic city of Antioch, was among the worst hit last week by the two earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6, which affected 10 provinces in Turkey ...
Turkey’s historic city of Antakya, known in Roman and medieval times as Antioch, has been flattened by powerful earthquakes in the past – and rebuilt itself Published: February 16, 2023 8:26am EST ...
Ayhan Irfanoglu spent his early childhood in the Turkish town of İskenderun, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and an hour’s drive from Antakya, the biblical city of Antioch. Returning to his home ...
The city in what is now Turkey lies close to the meeting of the African, Arabian and the Anatolian tectonic plates 'Thunderbolts and terror': How historic earthquakes destroyed Roman Antioch ...
Antakya, Turkey, was leveled by earthquakes in February. But residents want reconstruction to prioritize not just buildings but the city’s culture of unity, too. “Antakya. Antakya. Antakya ...
PHOENIX — Earthquakes continue to rock Turkey and neighboring Syria, three weeks after catastrophic temblors devastated the region. A magnitude 5.6 earthquake on Monday centered in Yesilyurt in ...
Connor, a native of Syria, recently returned from Turkey, where she had traveled to help survivors of the earthquake that struck southeast Turkey and northern Syria. The destruction began with a 7 ...
ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — For nearly two weeks, Mehmet Ismet has lived in the ruins of Antakya’s most beloved historic mosque, a landmark in a now-devastated city that was famed for thousands of ...
A view of the destruction in Antakya, Turkey, caused by the recent earthquake. AP Photo/Hussein MallaTens of thousands have died and millions have become homeless in southern Turkey and northern ...
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake on Monday centered in Yesilyurt in Turkey’s Malatya province killed another person, injured more than 100 people and caused two dozen more buildings to collapse.