Almost a month after two devastating earthquakes in rapid succession claimed the lives of more than 45,000 people in Turkey, Ottawa’s Turkish community…
Ottawa’s Turkish community is about 10,000 strong. Murat Saatçioğlu, a structural engineering professor and research chair at the University of Ottawa, was at the fundraiser.
There are a number of reasons why this earthquake was so devastating, he said. It was a shallow earthquake, which tends to amplify the shaking. There were two earthquakes nine hours apart. Meanwhile, the soil conditions in the affected region are not favourable for building cities. Reconstruction of the region will require choosing suitable sites and building code compliance, he said. This tectonic fault has not been active for several hundred years, but buildings should not have been built the way they were, he said.
The three women who came together to make Sunday’s event happen were, from left, Refika Ersu, with the Canadian Turkish Women’s Association; Hulya Gunay, president of the Turkish Canadian Cultural Association; and Zahide Sezerman, president of council of Turkish Canadians.Ottawa’s Turkish community wants to help students who have been affected by the earthquake so they can go on with their studies and make Turkey a better place, she said.
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