{"id":1794,"date":"2023-02-10T22:23:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T22:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/historical-buildings-damaged-in-the-earthquake\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:35:39","slug":"historical-buildings-damaged-in-the-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/historical-buildings-damaged-in-the-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Buildings Damaged in the Earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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6 \u015eubat’ta meydana gelen depremin ard\u0131ndan UNESCO, T\u00fcrkiye’nin D\u00fcnya Miras Listesi’nde bulunan G\u00f6beklitepe ve Nemrut Da\u011f\u0131 gibi tarihi yerlerin durumuyla ilgili endi\u015felerini dile getirdi. <\/span>Ancak K\u00fclt\u00fcr ve Turizm Bakanl\u0131\u011f\u0131’n\u0131n yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 ara\u015ft\u0131rmaya g\u00f6re her iki tarihi eser de depremi yara almadan atlatt\u0131. <\/span>Depremin ard\u0131ndan T\u00fcrkiye ve Suriye’de bir\u00e7ok tarihi yap\u0131 hasar g\u00f6rd\u00fc.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Known as the Fertile Crescent, the region of Mesopotamia is one of the longest inhabited and has witnessed the birth of different civilizations. Thousands of years of archaeological sites in the region have brought the remnants of this rich past to the present day. Important sites such as Nemrut, Zeugma and G\u00f6beklitepe survived the earthquakes, but Hatay Archeology Museum was partially damaged. As an incredible loss, the historical Hatay Parliament Building and the Habib-i Neccar Mosque, the oldest mosque in Anatolia, were destroyed. The historical artifacts and mosques damaged in Turkey and Syria after the earthquake are as follows;<\/p>\n

Hatay Parliament Building<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Hatay Parliament Building has an important place in history as a structure where the decision to establish the Hatay State and join Turkey was taken. Hatay Parliament Building, one of the symbolic structures of the city, could not withstand the earthquake and was demolished.<\/p>\n

Habib-i Neccar Mosque<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Habib-i Neccar Mosque in Antakya is known as the oldest mosque in Anatolia. The mosque was built in the 7th century over a pagan temple from the Roman period. This historical structure, which was captured by the Mamluks in 638, was destroyed due to an earthquake.<\/p>\n

Malatya New Mosque<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Malatya Yeni Mosque is known as a 17th century mosque. After the first earthquake on Monday, many of the mosque’s walls collapsed. Yeni Mosque was built of stone and designed in the traditional Ottoman style. The mosque, which was restored and opened for worship last year, has historical and cultural value.<\/p>\n

Gaziantep Castle <\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The ancient city of Zeugma in Gaziantep was also undamaged, but Gaziantep Castle was heavily damaged in the earthquake. Some historical houses in Antep were also damaged.<\/p>\n

Ancient Aleppo Castle<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Syria’s ancient fort of Aleppo was heavily damaged in an earthquake on Monday. The castle is one of the medieval castles thought to have been built around the 3rd millennium BC. Repaired and preserved in the early 2000s, the fort is a touristic landmark and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Ancient City of Aleppo. Many of the walls collapsed and the entrance was also badly damaged. A part of the dome of the Ayyubid mosque in the inner castle also fell. At the same time, Margat Fortress in Baniyas was also affected by the earthquake.<\/p>\n

Churches Found in Antakya and Iskenderun<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Churches in places where Turkey’s historical and cultural heritage is rich, such as Antakya and Iskenderun, were exposed to the brutal effects of earthquakes. The historical Greek Orthodox Church in Antakya and the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Iskenderun were severely damaged by the earthquake. The roof of the building and some of its walls completely collapsed.<\/p>\n

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Nemrut Mountain<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It belongs to the Kingdom of Commagene in the Kahta district of Ad\u0131yaman. Nemrut Mountain,<\/a><\/strong> It is an important historical and archaeological site. As a result of the examination made by the teams, it was determined that the sculptures in the snow-covered area were undamaged.<\/p>\n

Gobeklitepe<\/strong><\/h3>\n

located in Gaziantep Gobeklitepe<\/a><\/strong>It is called the “zero point of history” because it is the oldest known belief center. G\u00f6beklitepe, which is estimated to have been built between 9600 \u2013 9500 BC, survived the earthquakes without damage. G\u00f6beklitepe is on the UNESCO World Heritage list and is an important historical and archaeological site.<\/p>\n

Historical Buildings Damaged in the Earthquake<\/a> post first explorer<\/a> appeared on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

6 \u015eubat’ta meydana gelen depremin ard\u0131ndan UNESCO, T\u00fcrkiye’nin D\u00fcnya Miras Listesi’nde bulunan G\u00f6beklitepe ve Nemrut Da\u011f\u0131 gibi tarihi yerlerin durumuyla ilgili endi\u015felerini dile getirdi. Ancak K\u00fclt\u00fcr ve Turizm Bakanl\u0131\u011f\u0131’n\u0131n yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 ara\u015ft\u0131rmaya g\u00f6re her iki tarihi eser de depremi yara almadan atlatt\u0131. Depremin ard\u0131ndan T\u00fcrkiye ve Suriye’de bir\u00e7ok tarihi yap\u0131 hasar g\u00f6rd\u00fc. Known as the Fertile … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1596,1597,1567,1595],"class_list":["post-1794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-what","tag-buildings","tag-damaged","tag-earthquake","tag-historical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}