Izmit
Americannoun
noun
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The political party founded by Erdogan in 2001 came to power amid an economic crisis and the Izmit quake.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023
Stricter safety standards were also brought in following the 1999 earthquake around the city of Izmit, in the north-west of the country, in which 17,000 people died.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2023
The most recent large quakes in that sequence were the magnitude 7.6 Izmit earthquake of August 1999, which struck east of Istanbul and resulted in an estimated 17,000 deaths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
Elife, who is 73, was more than 20 years younger when she survived the 1999 earthquake disaster in Turkey's Izmit that left more than 17,000 dead.
From Reuters ● Feb. 7, 2023
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck the western Turkish city of Izmit killed more than 17,000 people.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
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