Adapazarı

Adapazarı

Understand The city dates back to 378 BC, when it was known as Agrilion. It's been vigorously built upon ever since, so there are few ancient remains. The city has long been industrial, initially based on agriculture, nowadays on business such as automobile parts. This area was devastated on 17 Aug 1999 by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake along the North Anatolian fault line. This runs east-west just south of the city, through Lake Sapanca, then through Izmit (the worst hit) into the Sea of Marmara. Adapazarı like all the affected cities has been rebuilt since, but fault movement continues and the quake centres are migrating west, so it's feared the next big one could bring down Istanbul.

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