On July 26, 1967, an earthquake hits the Pülümür district of Tunceli. Milliyet reports the event under the headline "Doğuda deprem" (Earthquake in the East) highlighting several striking details. For instance, it mentions that in the last 30 years, 50,000 people have died in earthquakes in Türkiye. The coverage describes aid being dropped from airplanes to mountain villages and includes images of destroyed adobe houses.
Another headline quotes a geology professor from Bonn University predicting severe earthquakes in Türkiye for the next 50 years. Similarly, Cumhuriyet newspaper features American advisors warning of future earthquakes in Türkiye.
The impacts of the earthquake are illustrated with images from cemeteries, showing women mourning over unshrouded graves. Reports frequently emphasize the mountain villages, with which communication cannot be established.
Date: July 26, 1967
Magnitude: 5.9 Mw
Fatalities (official numbers): 97
Damaged buildings (official numbers): 1,282
August 1967
"Yirmi dört saatte 108 yer sarsıntısı oldu." Cumhuriyet, August 3, 1967, 1.
"Bursa ve Edirne’de deprem oldu; Sakaryada halk eve giremiyor." Milliyet, August 1, 1967, 1.