The 7.8-magnitude quake and aftershock that killed more than 4,300 people in Turkey and Syria also caused extensive damage to Aleppo’s old city and Diyarbakir, two world heritage sites, UNESCO said.
In Syria, the UN agency declared itself “concerned about the situation in the old city of Aleppo”, where “significant wear and tear on the citadel” was detected.
UNESCO also noted in Turkey “the collapse of several buildings at the world heritage site ‘Cultural Landscape of Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens+, an important center of the Roman, Sasanian, Byzantine, Islamic and Ottoman periods.”
More than 4,300 people, according to provisional figures, will have lost their lives this Monday in southeastern Turkey and in neighboring Syria, due to a strong earthquake of magnitude 7.8, followed a few hours after a strong aftershock.
Source: TSF
