Fourth anniversary of Marmara quake

Marmara, which is the most prosperous region of Turkey, with a comparable living standard to EU average, struck at the most dynamic core of the Turkish economy.

State, government and the army were seen to be incompetent during the tragedy, which was widely seen as a wake up call to Turkey. Private rescue groups, ordinary people, those foreigners that Turks had seen as enemies all put their resources together and were the main factor behind many of those lives saved.

Still many victims live in prefabricated houses all over the region.