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Severe earthquake predicted in Tekirdağ province Geophysics engineer Övgün Ahmet Ercan stated that a major earthquake of magnitude 9 - the equivalent to 24 atomic bombs - is expected in the northwestern province of Tekirdağ. He warned the population that the districts of Ergene, Şarköy and Marmara Ereğlisi are the most dangerous areas to be in during the shock, because of the active fault lines in the Marmara Sea, while the Edirne and Kırklareli provinces, Tekirdağ’s western neighbors, are the safest places. Turkey has gone through devastating earthquakes in the past, as it is among the world's most seismically active zones. One of them killed 17,800 people in Izmit in 1991 and just last month, 116 people died when a 6.6 magnitude earthquake rocked the western province of Izmir. Experts affirm that all forecasts point to an inevitable earthquake of at least 7.0 magnitude, but no technology exists to predict its time or epicenter. Grave tremblement de terre annon...

Thursday 12 November, President Erdogan said Turkey had reached space four times with his own satellites. Earlier this year, he announced the beginning of a national space program followed by a series of tests. Those tests could allow Turkey to be challenging the most advanced countries in space technology like China, the USA, India and Russia. The main goal of this project is to become self-reliant in the defense industry. The president also wanted to encourage Turkish companies to produce more. It obviously worked since they multiplied their turnover by 11 over the last five years. La Turquie à la conquête de l’espace Jeudi 12 novembre, Le président Erdogan a déclaré que la Turquie avait propulsé quatre de ses propres satellites dans l’espace. En début d’année, il avait lancé ce programme spatial national suivi d’une série de tests. Ces tests pourraient permettre à la Turquie de jouer dans la même division que des pays plus avancés en technologie spatiale comme...