The Earthquakeʼ99
We didn’t forget, and never will…

Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality & Adapazari Earthquake and Cultural Museum

Natural Disasters are inevitable events that we face with. In thedisasters, obtaining the most effective and quick coordination
between institutions and civil society

is essential. Because, properand well-timed intervention makes possible to reduce the loses. Civil
societies are very important andindispensable partners in thesekind of coordinates. I believe that this conference will throw a lighton creating stronger and more conscious civil organizations thanksto telling live lessons.
Best Regards
Zeki TOÇOĞLU
Mayor of Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality

Earthquakes in the Sakarya’s History

20th June 1943

Center: Hendek (in Sakarya)

6.6 md339 Death
2.240 Damaged Buildings
22nd July 1967

Center: Mudurnu (in Balıkesir)

6.8 md89 Death
7.116 Damaged Buildings

17th August 1999

Center: Gölcük
3.891 Death26.551 Damaged Buildings

7.4 mdPhysical discription of the earthquake
Magnetude:

7.4 mdSettlements that have damaged:İzmit, Gölcük, Bolu, Düzce, Avcılar, Yalova, Değirmendere, Adapazarı

Physical discription of the earthquake in Adapazarı

Number of Died and injured people:

3.891 Death5.180 Injured
Damaged and collapsed buildings:

15.781collapsed Buildings

10.514

Damaged Buildings

9.699

Less-Damaged Buildings

6.275

Undamaged Buildings

What was the earthquakeʼs effect on
Sakarya’s economy?
Total Economic Lost of the99ʼ Earthquakein
Housg

Cost
(Billion $)Housing

1.290

Housing

Trade489

70% of all buildings were damaged.

Infrastructure706

Added value lost330

Emergency aid expenditures

152

Total Damaged Lost (even sum)

2.967

50% of all buildings were lapsed completely .
30% of all buildings were collapsed.
Total 8244 disaster dwellings were built in Karaman,
Camili and Ferizli settlements.

90% of the infrastructure of the city was damaged

Sakarya had 564 schools. 16 of them werecompletely.
Sewerage system; 1.478 km sewerage rebuild again.

collapsed and 49 schools were less-damaged. After

585 billion USD had spent for this construction.

the earthquake, 2 billion USD had spent for

Water System ; 2.356 km water-line reconstructedrebuilding of these schools.

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compeletely and it cost 93 billion USD.
Rain-water System; 131-km-rain-water-system wasreconstructed in 29billion USD.

ctureurtsInfraWhat was the earthquakeʼs effect onSakaryaʼs economy?
Dealers, Tradesmen and Industrial firms’ losing cost;
8645 businesses and133 industrial enterprises like TUVASAS (Turkiye RailroadIndustry), Sugar Works, TZDK (Turkiye Agricultural Equipment Institution) damagedby the earthquake.
Total damaged cost was 488 billion USD.
Manufactoring Industry’s losing cost;
Rate of capacity utilisation decreased from 75,4% to 39,7%. Total cost, 96 billion
USD.
Effects on Gross Domestic Product;
Sakarya’s GDP decreased from 3199 USD (1998) to 2585 USD (2000).

What was the earthquakeʼs effect on
Sakaryaʼs economy?
Number of Shutdown Business; 2362 firms had shutdowned between
September 1999 and July 2001. 50% of these firms shutdowned because of theearthquake.
Effects on Unemployment; to the official numbers, unemployment number
increased from 6357 people (in 1998) to 14.118 people (in 2000). After theearthquake 6000 people removed from 397 industrial establishments.
Agricultural Sector; 3300 agriculture and livestock structures collapsed. Total lostin this sector 2,5 billion USD.

TOTAL ECONOMIC LOST in SAKARYA; 819 billion USD

What was the earthquakeʼs effect on
Sakaryaʼs economy?

22 heath facilities were damaged. Instead of collapsed hospitals, 2 hospitals werebuilt. For these constructions, 5,5 billionUSD had spent.
Half of the total amount ofdebris in the earthquake region
had removed from Adapazari.
This situation has showed theserious

effectofearthquake in Sakarya.

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PLANNING STUDIESMap of Convenience
Analyse forHousing Areas

Preparoty Works Against Destructive Effects of Possible
Earthquakes and Studies after the Earthquake

Planning Studies
a. Development Works in New Settlement Area;
Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality started 1/25000 Master Plan studies for the year of 2030 in1996. By this plan, Karaman, Camili, Korucuk and Alandüzü located as housing areas. Afterthe 99ʼEarthquake, Ministry of Public Works and Settlement evaluated this plan andapproved. Thereby, new developing area located. According to this plan, permanent
disaster dwelings have been built.

CAMİLİ	  
KORUCUK	  KARAMAN	  	  ALANDÜZÜ	  03.11.1999
1:5 000

1:25000 Master Plan (1996)
New settlement areas located by this plan. Construction ofdisaster dwellings has been built in the new area speedily(korucuk, camili, karaman, alandüzü).

Master plan of new settlement areas had been
made before the earthquake’99

Preparoty Works Against Destructive Effects of Possible
Earthquakes and Studies after the Earthquake
Damaged City Center;
Legal housing permision reduced from 5 floor to 2 floor in the city center because of its
geological structure.

Investments for New Settlement Area; Works for Making the Area
Attractive
Geological Structure ofNew Settlement Area

Preparoty Works Against Destructive Effects of Possible
Earthquakes and Studies after the Earthquake
Disaster Dwellings;
For our citizens who collapsed their dwellings, 7824 disaster dwellings was built in the newsettlement area. Governorship building, Public Hospital and other public institutions have moved
this area.

Preparoty Works Against Destructive Effects of Possible
Earthquakes and Studies after the Earthquake

Expropriation Works in New Developing Area;

According to the anti-squatting law, Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality expropriated 200-ha-area
in Korucuk. In these area new housing developing plans had been made.
Housing Developing Works;
In this expropriated area, Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality built 3766 dwellings cooperation
with TOKI (Housing Development Administration of Turkiye) .
3000-housing-project was also planned by cooperation with Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality
and a private company. New housing projects of local municipalities will have continued.
Private companies’ projects are also developing.

Preparoty Works Against Destructive Effects of Possible
Earthquakes and Studies after the Earthquake

Master Plan Works;
Environmetal Plan (1:100.000) approved by Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality
Council, Provincial Council and Ministry of Environment . Master plan works for 2030
drawn to a scale of 1:25000 are about to complete.
Sakarya’s economic and socio-cultural developing strategies set out by this plan.
New Settlements Area’s population projection of 2030 is 350.000 inhabitants. This
area will developing as a second center.

Preparoty Works Against Destructive Effects of Possible
Earthquakes and Studies after the Earthquake

The prepared plan is an earthquake-focused plan. And the main fiction of this plan is;• to make attractive the new placement area- city center- with structuring conditions,
population predictions, all reinforcements and investment programs until the next
earthquake process.
• to ensure to develop our city's ground from alluvium ground through to strengthgroundPreparoty Works Against Destructive Effects of Possible
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Works for Making the New Settlement Area Attractive
New Settlement Access RoadAs a part of urbanization strategy of Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality, to increase theaccessibility of the new settlement area 12-km-long access road was built by the WB credit. Afterbuilding this way, the area’s occupancy rate increased by 100%.

Preparoty Works Against Destructive Effects of Possible
Earthquakes and Studies after the Earthquake

Governor Building (Campus)
925 employees work in this campus

Korucuk Education and Investigation Hospital andYenikent Public Hospital(Karaman);
614 employees work in Korucuk Education and Investigation Hospital
441 employees work in Yenikent Public HospitalPreparoty Works Against Destructive Effects of Possible
Earthquakes and Studies after the Earthquake

Disaster Education Coordination Center Project
Education center aims to organize the society for the disaster struggle by seminars
and trainings

in municipal districts (for example, collecting station, district rescue

team, fire team, training for first aid etc.) to reach people at the appropriate time
and to decrease loss in human lives in the disaster.
This is Fire Department’s project.

Preparoty Works Against Destructive Effects of Possible
Earthquakes and Studies after the Earthquake

Neighborhood Centers Project	  The Centers include library, youth center, disaster rooms and room of the head ofneighbourhood. In the disaster rooms, there are Rapid Reaction and first-aid
equipments. Besides, seminars and trainings about disasters will run. These centers
has built and activated in two neighborhood (Ozanlar and Cumhuriyet).

Why should we share our live lessons??

Before the 17th August 1999 earthquake, Sakarya was one of the mostsuccessful cities in Turkiye which have been developing in socio-economic status.
Unfortunately, the earthquake was damaged Sakarya considerably by all means.
In the 99’ Earthquake, 70% of the buildings in Sakarya was seriously damaged
or collapsed. According to the official figures, 3.891 people died and almost 5.180
people have been injured. After the earthquake, most buildings was damaged
seriously, so, a major part of the center population has moved to the districts andvillages near the city center.

Why should we share our live lessons??

Adapazarı’s inhabitants realized in the later times of 17th august that the citywas collapsed. Everyone thought that only their site collapsed, but they were wrong.
Sakarya city center’s (Adapazarı) most popular streets and sites were closed by thecollapsed buildings, even walking in these areas was impossible. Ground and firstfloors of uncollapsed buildings had combined and most of these building damaged
very badly. Deaths were buried to mass graves with shovels to avoid the epidemic
diseases.
Sakarya will never forget the horrors of the earthquake.

Why should we share our live lessons??

That day was one of the darkest and the most suffering time of the
Sakarya’s history. But, we know we’ll be face with this situation again. And, so,
we believe that the importance of sharing our living stories for having
individual control and safeguarding us from harmful effects of thedisasters.

Why should we share our live lessons??

we should share our live lessons- to having individual control and safeguarding us from harmful effects of the disasters and to
get ready for possible disasters in the future- for taking immediate steps and organized against the natural disasters that victims of themisfortune face with- To getting over traumatic shock easily and quickly- For developing empathy-To knowing not alone

pains will be relieved if you share…

What has changed after the earthquake
in our social life?
“17th August 1999 was the date all families' daily life changed dramatically. We had
lived 11 people together in a tent for three mounths. We shared our all pains.
After that, we had lived 7 families together in our garden. We washed our clothes in alarge pan. We made our plans daily. We didn’t think about tomorrow.”“Our children’s games had changed. In their games, they were using the earthquake
as a game material. In their pictures, they always used a ruin, a crane or a shovel. Inmornings, our husbands went to the ruins not to work. New words had come on thescene as tent-city, prefabric buildings etc.”“We learned to live without our lovers. And we discover the meaning of “dying is asenirs…
v
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natural as living”, indeed.”yorthe mem

Earthquake tents and prefabric dwelings...

Living standarts were very low...
Our citizens had to lived in theconstruction city for 3 years. In therebuilding duration, one of thebiggest problems of the city wasunemployment

Winter never was so cold...

Collapsed and Damaged Buildings

All infrastructure systems has damaged by the earthquake. Sewer and water system
was renewed completely. These works finished by May 2002. (total 550 km)

In the earthquake fire station building was collapsed, and all the equipman and fire engines
were lapsed . MERP Project had been made by 4 billion euro-grant from European Union .

Public Investmentsin the New Settlement Area

Public	  Hospital	  -­‐	  Karaman	  	  Korucuk	  High	  School	  	  Public	  Hospital	  -­‐	  Korucuk	  	  Disaster	  Dwellings	  After the Eearthquake

TodayAtatürk Bulvarı

After theearthquakeTodayADAPAZARIEARTHQUAKE & CULTURAL MUSEUM

The Earthquake and Cultural Museum

Adapazarı Earthquake & Cultural Museum located on Kavaklar Street in Sakarya City
Center and it uses of 450 m2. The museum constructed as a art gallery. It’s construct
had started in 2000 and finished in 2004.
The museum consists of exhibition stands, cafeteria and cinevision. Pictures about the1967 and 1999 earthquakes, an electronic stand that occurs an artificial earthquake,collapsed buildings’ construction techniques, seismograph, other seismic supplies areon exhibition in the museum.
There is also an exhibition for some live lessons for 99 earthquake. Peopleʼs stories
about 99 earthquake has been exhibited here.

The Earthquake and Cultural Museum
The purposes of the The Earthquake and Cultural Museum’ founding are* for making Sakarya’s citizens and visitors from the other cities/countries conscionsof the earthquake* for making unforgetable of disaster’s effects,* to discover living safely aginst the earthquake.
The Earthquake and Cultural Museum is the 1st earthquake museum in Turkiye and4th in the world. It aims to increase earthquake consciousness of the society. It also
hosts some cultural activities. The museum was built by the Ministry of Public Worksand Settlement in 2000. And the building was carried to Adapazari Municipality.
After the decoration, it opened in 17th August 2004. The museum has been awarded
as Culture Prize by Local Development Awards in Turkiye.

The Earthquake and Cultural Museum

Permanent exhibit is “99 earthquake photographs”. There is also an earthquake
simulation in the museum permanently. It makes the 99’ earthquake come alive
again and again. This simulator is especially used fortrainings. These trainings are preparing“be safe in earthquake”

particularly for the elementary andprimarily school students.
During the 2009, 4614 students from 70 different schools had had “safeguarding in
natural disasters” training in the museum.

The Earthquake and Cultural Museum

Permanent exhibit is “earthquake photographs”

Some photos from theearthquake exhibitA destroyed city....

Chrystal Monument
In memoriam of our losts…

Journal of cultural and earthquake
museumVisitor number is about1000 people (weekly)

Trainings for the elementary andprimarily school students.

activities in the museum

Art exhibition
SimulatorExhibitionarea