Earthquake in Constantinople: Army forces were activated

Citizens in Turkey are trying to recover from the 6.2 -magnitude Richter earthquake with at least 250 injured yesterday at noon on Wednesday. At the same time, they are preparing for the worst. There were not a few who were night’s night and spent night in tents and cars for everything. Seismologists collect data to have a clearer picture and warn of 7 degrees and on the Richter scale.

As his correspondent reports Furious In Constantinople, Manolis KostidisArmy forces have been activated and have already been made available to Turkey’s civil protection. At the same time, five unmanned aircraft fly around Constantinople for any possibility and find out if there is damage or there is any other need. It is noted that yesterday, Turkish President, Recep Tayp Erdogan, went to his headquarters in Turkey’s Civil Protection offices, which shows that there is a particular concern. There is concern, not only about the 6.2 -magnitude Richter earthquake yesterday, but also on the fact that everyone agrees that they are expecting in Constantinople from today until 2030 a large earthquake of 7.2 – 7.5 on the Richter scale with the Turkish authorities.

By 9am on Thursday morning there were more than 260 aftershocks, with residents struggling and not wanting to return to their homes.

What do Turkish seismologists report

Turkish seismologists note that the earthquake has broken a significant part of the rift and fears that the rift can be expanded.

“The rift became thinner. The great earthquake of Constantinople will start here and will have this direction, “said Seismology Professor Jelal Sengur.

Continuing, Professor Shengur noted: “If all this rift breaks then we may talk about an earthquake of 7.6 Richter. An earthquake of 7.6 Richter is as long as the one that had happened two years ago in the Mara area. You understand the results of such an earthquake in Constantinople. It will be a horrible event. “

Answering a question by journalist Fatih Altaili, “can we say that today’s earthquake has neither increased nor has it increased the chances of Constantinople’s great earthquake?”, Professor of Seismology replied: “To a small degree it has increased the possibility. Because the earthquake of Constantinople will make this move here. Today’s earthquake had only this movement in the rift. So what happened here? This point was burdened. We will have pressure towards the East. “

Speaking to Now Haber and Selcouk Tepeli, Mustafa Erdik, a member of the Turkish Seismology Foundation, said: “Here we have a point of about 9 kilometers where the rift has broken.”

“That is, we now have about 10 kilometers and we are waiting for the remaining 120 kilometers to break!” The journalist said with a member of the Turkish Seismology Foundation to answer: “Let us wish it will not happen. But we must see it as a release of energy. To explain to you. In Constantinople if we expect an earthquake of 7.2 Richter. This earthquake will be 32 times more powerful than the 6.2 earthquake. 32 times more powerful. “

Turkish seismologist: In Constantinople we will have an earthquake of up to 7.7 Richter – All the cracks in the Marmara Sea will break

Seismologist Tunjai Simazi, a professor of seismology at the Technical University of Constantinople, made an even more nightmare prediction, even referring to an earthquake of 7.7 on the Richter scale.

Today’s earthquake happened here. This point of the rift here has not been broken. If this breaks we will have an earthquake of 7.2 Richter. There is this point here with the dotted lines that did not break even in the 1999 earthquake, here we can have an earthquake of 6.8 to 7 Richter, “Professor Saimaz said, adding:

“But if the cracks break in a successive way, as happened in the Mara earthquake, and within 80 seconds activate one rift each other, then we will have an earthquake of 7.5 Richter we may reach 7.7 Richter. But we will not see the 8 Richter.”

Extraordinary meeting under Erdogan

Earlier this morning, Turkish President Recep Erdogan attended a meeting of the Natural Disaster and Emergency Response Service (AFAD) in Istanbul, which examined the measures to be taken in relation to yesterday’s 6.2 -magnitude earthquake in the 6.2 -magnitude earthquake and 6.2 points. 7.5 Richter.

After the meeting, President Erdogan said the meeting evaluated the measures taken to minimize the effects of the earthquake.

“At the coordination meeting, we evaluated the steps taken and must be taken to minimize the effects of the earthquake. We have given the necessary instructions for the process. Give God, we have no loss of life. As a state we are on the alert around the clock, ”he said.

President Erdoğan Briefed on Earthquake in Istanbul https://t.co/tbo6tksajw pic.twitter.com/kg4fdqf1fc

– Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye (@trpresidency) April 23, 2025

Afterwards, Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with citizens in a cafeteria in the Kiajitchane area in the center of Constantinople. Talk to them and got breakfast tea.

It is noted that the meeting did not invite representatives of the Municipality of Constantinople, whose mayor and Erdogan’s political opponent, Ekrem Imoglou, is in prison.

284 aftershocks within less than 24 hours
In the meantime, the post -seismic sequence continues from the strong vibration of 6.2 points yesterday at 12:49 pm.

There have been at least 284 aftershocks so far. The last major aftershock occurred at 7:19 in the morning of 4.1 degrees, according to AFAD. The Kandyli Observatory gave the intensity of the same earthquake at 4.6 degrees. The largest aftershock, 5.9 degrees, had occurred yesterday at 12:51 pm

Several residents, mainly in the western suburbs of Constantinople -Avjillar, Esenjurt, Yeni Bosna, Bachselievler, Bialikdouzu – chose to spend the night in scenes and cars in open spaces and parks. The majority of the inhabitants of Constantinople, however, spent the night in their homes.

The anxiety of CNN Turk’s presenter at the time of the earthquake

A picture of the panic caused by the Wednesday earthquake is provided by the reaction of CNN Turk presenter, Meltem Bozbeioglu, on air to the stroke of Enceladus, who, while reporting the news, asks someone to contact her mother.

“We have an earthquake. There is a big earthquake. It is a strong, great earthquake. It is felt in Constantinople. We have to be cool. What we can say is that he was strong. We understood him in the studio. Sillan, please can you call my mother? We can say that it was a very strong earthquake. We had an earthquake of 3.9 Richter, now we have him. We were expecting the great earthquake of Constantinople. Yes, after the 3.9 -earthquake, we waited for the big earthquake. Silan! Please can you call my mother? We were the earthquake on February 6th … Mom please can you contact me via what’s app? “

“First the broadcast and then calls to our moms”

CNN Turk presenter and channel editor -in -chief, Silan Bozyurt, became known worldwide thanks to this incident.

The two reporters interviewed Hurriyet newspaper Ahmet Hakan.

Ahmet Hakan: “Once he told you ” please call my mother ”. Did you do it immediately? “

Sillan Bozyurt: “It happened as follows … First I have to make the transmission. Priority is transmission. I gave the extraordinary news, first I called my own mother. Then Meltem sent me her mother’s phone and then I called her. “

Meltem Bozbeioglu: “My mother didn’t watch me. And I learned that he had panic. Because it was moving a lot. We stay in the same apartment building. It is also my aunt there. But we had no contact. But I was not scared here, as our building, that of television, is strong. I know. But on the other hand, my office was leaving under my hands. I didn’t know what was going on outside. “