1917 Great Ankara Fire

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1717 Great Ankara Fire
Bentderesi, Ulus, Angora (Ankara), 1917
Date	September 13–15, 1916 (1916-09-13 – 1916-09-15)
Location	Altındağ, Angora, Angora vilayet, Turkey
Deaths	5
Property damage	1000 homes 935 shops 7 churches 2 mosques 3 healthcare facilities

The 1917 Great Ankara Fire caused extensive damage to the Turkish city of Ankara on September 15, 1917.^[1] The areas affected included the Hisarönü, Çıkrıkçılar Yokuşu, Bedesten, Saraçlar Bazaar and Atpazarı. It is estimated that up to 1,900 people^[2] lost their lives in the fire. The 1917 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

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^ Bağlum, Kemal (1992). Beşbin Yılda Nereden Nereye Ankara. Ankara. p. 194. ISBN 9789759533601.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Anadolu Emraz-ı Sariye Mesaisi. Ceride-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye. September 1917. p. 161.

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