Victims Of 1999 Marmara Earthquake Commemorated In Yalova

  17 August 2015    Read: 2219
Victims Of 1999 Marmara Earthquake Commemorated In Yalova
Victims August 17, 1999 Marmara Earthquake was commemorated in western Turkish province of Yalova on Monday. The commemoration ceremony was attended Yalova Governor Selim Cebiro?lu, Ak Party Yalova Deputy Fikri Demirel, Republican People
Victims August 17, 1999 Marmara Earthquake was commemorated in western Turkish province of Yalova on Monday.

The commemoration ceremony was attended Yalova Governor Selim Cebiroğlu, Ak Party Yalova Deputy Fikri Demirel, Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Muharrem İnce, Yalova Mayor Vefa Salman, Yalova Chief of Police Mehmet Ali Süvari and local residents.

At the beginning of ceremony, organized to commemorate the anniversary of the great disaster, left more than 18.000 people dead, a Mawlid was recited. When the clocks showed 03:02, which a time disastrous August 17 earthquake had occurred, people who attended the ceremony prayed those who lost their lives during the disastrous earthquake.

The ceremony commemoration was lasted following Yalova Municipality distributed to halva.

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