1509, 1766 ve 1894 İstanbul depremleri
http://avnidincer.8m.com/1894depremi.html
http://www.angelfire.com/de2/zelzele/istanbul2.html
https://eksisozluk.com/22-mayis-1766-buyuk-istanbul-depremi--614416?nr=true&rf=22%20mayis%201766%20buyuk%20istanbul%20depremi
In the view of seismic investigations the biggest earthquake in Istanbul during the Ottoman Empire took place on September 10th 1509. Its epicentre was on the islands and it measured more than 7.4 in the Richter scale. 5000-6000 people lost their lives, huge material damage was suffered. The earthquake caused a tsunami which brought the waves up to the streets of the city. People called the incident Küçük kıyamet ‘a small doomsday’.
The 1766 earthquake befell early in the morning on the third day of eid-al-adha. The death toll was about 4000, among many other public buildings big parts of the Topkapı sarayı were damaged so that the Sultan had to dwell in a tent in the palace garden for quite a long time.
The last powerful earthquake happened in Istanbul in the summer 1894. The disaster was widely described in the newspapers as follows:
Kapalıçarşı kelimenin tam manasıyla "bir facia yeri" idi. Öğle vaktinin halk ve esnaf kalabalığı, çarşının sokaklarından dışarı fırlamaya çalıştı. Fakat sarsıntılardan kapılar kapanmış ve Kapalıçarşı´nın duvarları, içeride kalanların üzerine çökmeye başlamıştı. Sonunda, Kapalıçarşı´nın kubbeleri de çöktü! The Grand Bazaar was a scene of disaster in the full meaning of the word. The midday crowd, public and salesmen, tried to rush out from he streets of the bazaar. But the doors were closed by the quakes and the walls of the Grand Bazaar began to fall down over those who were inside. In the end even the domes of the Grand Bazaar collapsed!
"En yüksek sınıftan kadınların, saç baş dağınık, ürküntü içinde veya üstlerine yalnızca bir sabahlık, bir kombinezon veya jüponla kaçtıkları görülebiliyordu. Her yerde çığlıklar, gözyaşları, ağlamalar, sinir krizleri, bayılmalar, Allah´a, Meryem´e yakarmalar duyuluyordu." Noblewomen were seen escaping with their hair disheveled, only wearing a robe or a petticoat. Screams, tears, crying, nervous breakdowns, faintings, invocations to Allah and St. Mary were heard everywhere.
Denizdekiler mavnalardan, balıkçı teknelerinden, Şirket-i Hayriye vapurlarından kente baktıklarında, çöken binalardan yükselen toz bulutlarını görmüşlerdi. When those at sea looked at the city from their barges, fishing boats, vessels of the steamship company, what they saw was clouds of dust rising from the collapsing buildings.
Thanks for this..
I dont want to think what will happen when ´the expected earthquake´ strikes. The latest estimation was around 80.000 dead by the Institution of Civil Engineers. South part of Istanbul in European part specially would take the most serious hit.
