Effects of the 1999 earthquake on the completely blind living in and outside Marmara, Turkey

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Duyan V., Karatas K.

INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK, cilt.48, sa.5, ss.609-620, 2005 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 48 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0020872805055325
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.609-620
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In August 1999 an earthquake with continuing aftershocks occurred in Turkey, causing massive physical destruction, loss of life, and social and psychological disturbances. Turkey is situated on one of the active earthquake zones; bearing the most risk, both of loss of life and of damage (Duyan, 2000). In the last century, Turkey experienced more than 100 quakes and suffered their effects.