Journalist Ismail Kahraman, founding father of Kocaeli’s first and solely personal analysis library, has arrange an exhibit targeted on lethal earthquakes around the globe. The exhibition options books, pictures and newspapers targeted on main tremors from the previous to the current.
Kahraman, residing in Gebze, determined to prepare the particular exhibition throughout Library Week, celebrated between March 27-April 2.
The assortment contains books with details about the earthquakes that happened in Istanbul within the 1800s, pictures of earthquakes that struck around the globe and newspapers with greater than 500 earthquake-related headlines.
Explaining that he witnessed the Marmara earthquake of Aug. 17, 1999. Kahraman mentioned: “Our country was shaken by a massive earthquake disaster. I went to many earthquake regions, with the most recent in the Hatay. I am offering the reality of earthquakes to researchers with a photo exhibition. We also have a book that contains the photographic and newspaper archives of the earthquake that occurred in Istanbul in the 1800s.”
Photo archives
Stating that he continues to gather paperwork associated to earthquake disasters, Kahraman mentioned: “Recently, I collected newspapers and photographs of all national, regional and international media for about a month after the earthquake on Feb. 6. and compiled them a book. There are more than 10,000 books in our library. This library is a rich source of information for academics and research students.”
Stating that classes must be realized from earthquakes, Kahraman mentioned: “We are in a country on fault lines. I believe that lessons should be learned from the quakes and that we should have information about the past.”
Using the Aug. 17, 1999 Marmara earthquake for instance, he mentioned: “The earthquake hit when I was on the seventh floor and I will never forget that night. A big beam of light rose from the Gulf. It was as if hundreds of cranes were working under the ground. We immediately went outside and waited for hours, helplessly witnessing the disaster. That was the day I started collecting the sources as a lesson for future generations,” he mentioned.
Mentioning the variety of newspapers he collected, Kahraman mentioned: “There are more than 500 copies of newspapers from the old period in my library. We have also collected documents about later earthquakes. History is not just about the past. History is a mirror of a nation. It is necessary to have information and documents to not forget the past. Let’s transfer the documents to the next generations in the best way so that precautions can be taken against future disasters.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com
