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Duzce - All About Turkey (720 words) |
 | Duzce is just situated between Ankara and Istanbul; Ankara is 240 km away to the East and Istanbul is 228 km away to the West. |
| At the period of Abdulaziz and Abdulmecit sultans, immigrants from Caucasus, East Black Sea, East of Anatolia and The Balkans increased the population of Duzce. |
| It was hit by the 1944 Duzce Earthquake, 1957 Abant Earthquake, 1967 Adapazari Earthquake, and in 1999 it was destroyed by the 17th August Izmit Earthquake. |
| Duzce 12 November 1999 (1059 words) |
| The Duzce earthquake (Ms=7.3) occurred in Turkey at the eastern end of the Izmit 17 August 1999 rupture (M=7.4) on 12 November. |
| Parts of Duzce are heavily damaged and resemble central Adipazari after the Izmit 17 August earthquake. |
| One of the mosques was constructed in 1976 from reinforced-concrete faced with cut stone blocks (671). |
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