1916 Great Ankara Fire

Deadly fire in Ankara, Turkey hist 1916 Ankara Yangını December 2020 1916 Great Ankara Fire 1917-Bentderesi-Ankara.jpg Bentderesi, Ulus, Angora (Ankara), 1917 1916 09 13 1916 09 15 Altındağ, Angora, Angora vilayet, Turkey 5 1000 homes935 shops7 churches2 mosques3 healthcare facilities The 1916 Great Ankara Fire caused extensive damage to the Turkish city of Ankara on September 15, 1916.Bağlum Kemal 1992 Beşbin Yılda Nereden Nereye Ankara https://books.google.com/books?id=VLm5AQAACAAJ Ankara 194 9789759533601 The areas affected included the Hisarönü, Çıkrıkçılar Yokuşu, Bedesten, Saraçlar Bazaar and Atpazarı. It is estimated that up to 1,900 peopleAnadolu Emraz-ı Sariye Mesaisi Ceride-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye September 1917 161 lost their lives in the fire. The 1916 fire was part of successive fires which occurred in 20 provinces of Turkey in the span of three years. After the fire, only two mosques and seven churches remained in Ankara. References Category:1916 in the Ottoman Empire Category:1916 disasters in Asia Category:1916 fires Category:20th century in Ankara Category:Urban fires in Turkey Category:Ottoman Empire in World War I Category:1910s fires in Asia Category:Church fires Category:Mosque fires Category:Hospital fires in Asia Category:Angora vilayet Category:September 1916 in Asia Category:Massacres of Armenians Category:Anti-Armenian pogroms