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Word: caldiran (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...another seismic catastrophe took 30,000 lives. This time more than 120 towns and villages were affected, some of them isolated by 8 in. of snow on the narrow mountain roads. In the settlement of Alikelle, only two people survived out of 70 families. In the town of Caldiran, where 2,023 people once lived, only one structure remained standing: an army officers' billet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: The Freezing Shock of Disaster | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

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