The news reports of the March 18, 1953, Çanakkale-Yenice-Gönen Earthquake widely feature images of destroyed wooden buildings and streets, along with a family living in a Red Crescent tent.
Milliyet reports significant devastation, warning of high casualties in Gönen and surrounding areas. Accordingly, the earthquake causes anxiety in nearby Istanbul, where two fatalities occur and part of the Edirnekapı city walls collapse, prompting residents to stay outdoors, as pictured.
As the death toll rises, President Celâl Bayar visits the disaster zone: Yenice is a ruin, with over seven hundred bodies recovered and the number of injured reaching two thousand. Rescue teams work tirelessly, while geologist Hamit Nafiz Pamir warns of possible aftershocks. Many villages remain unreachable, and aid efforts mobilize nationwide to assist the victims.
