Potres jačine 7,4, koji se 1999. desio na zapadu Turske, ostavio je iza sebe preko 17.000 mrtvih i preko pola miliona beskućnika, jer se na stotine kuća srušilo ili je teško oštećeno.
The 7.4 magnitude quake that struck western Turkey in August 1999 and left more than 17,000 people dead and left about half a million others homeless as thousands of houses collapsed or were heavily damaged.