Who of you has ever experienced an earthquake in Turkia?

I did, but it was a really sad and bad times of my life...
I dont think people could say about it as experience...

i am sorry but this only makes people to remind those bad times again..

My inquiry was not to upset you. It can't be worse than experiencing bombardments during my younger years while I was a refugee in Germany

I had that also, it was night and when the PKK attacked to the city i was in, at South East of Turkey,

The sky was not black, it was red because of the bullets of the guns...

And i am sorry but these 'experiences' cant be measured as worse, worst...
when there is war, you can find some explanations for something, but for earthquake? who you can blame?

and what can you think about when it starts to shake the bed you sleep in, i had lots of friends lost their mind temporarily...

What is your point actually to listen the story of these "experiences"?

I can only nod in agreement to what you are saying Sui although I have not experienced something as harsh as you are describing. Or you Roswitha. I have thought a lot about what it could have been like but it's not possible to imagine unless you have seen it.

Where I come from we don't have earthquakes or any kind of natural disasters for that matter so it was frightening to me when staying in Hakkâri during "earthquake season". It was also rather frightening to hear clashes between the army and PKK in the night but that's another matter. It must be hard for those who are used to those things being around, you never knowo if something is going to happen.

I have only experience small "tremors". They don't happen frequently where I live, but the ones I have experience did knock you on the floor. Thank God, no damage.

Ankara must get them frequently. When we went a couple of weeks ago to check on my future sister-in-laws apartment, some of her pictures had been knocked off the wall and the glass shattered, but no major damage.

i experienced it in 1999 in Adapazari ( my hometown) and i lost nearly all my friends and most of my relatives and still i have nightmares about it. it cant be described..it is something will affect me for life. but i dont think we should forget earthquake. It will happen again in Istanbul in near future and we are never ready for it!!!

So sorry to hear Ciko..

I know someone who has been through the same sort of thing and he can't sleep well at nights. He is so frightened if his girlfriend turns around in the bed too wildly, because it reminds him things he doesnt like to remember.