Vanquake

Van quake was another tragedy that people experienced in Turkey. While I was thinking about it, it appeared to men that it is not Van quake but it is one of the many quakes in Turkey. The last two quakes killed thousands of people in Adapazarı, Yalova and İzmit. If we give numbers to these earthquakes Van quake is not "one" quake but it is "one" of the many quakes that have been happening in Turkey since I knew myself. Van is a pun. I wish it could be real that the only one quake in Turkey could be the Van quake. However it is not and it will not be. Immediate responsiblity must be taken by everybody in Turkey. We should be making more exercise with our memories to keep them fresh. Otherwise, as the history has proved, we have the memory of a fish. We forget so easily until we experience the disaster on and on, not one but many, not "Van" but Adapazarı, İstanbul, İzmit, İzmir, Hakkari, Erzincan, Varto, Denizli, Burdur, Sivas and so many. I have tried to find out who could be kept as responsible for those many people who died in earthquakes. The responsiblity is on our memories. If we cannot enlarge the memory capacity, I'm afraid anyone of us can be one of those who died.