ANTAKYA, Türkiye: The smashed dome of the ancient mosque, considered to be Türkiye's oldest, covers rubble that used to be a prayer hall. Once a home to a myriad of civilisations, the southern city of Antakya lies in ruins after last Monday's
ANTAKYA, Türkiye: The smashed dome of the ancient mosque, considered to be Türkiye's oldest, covers rubble that used to be a prayer hall.
Only its walls have survived, leaving delicate yellow, red and blue paintings and calligraphy exposed to the winter sky. "All the walls have fallen. We're in despair," said Sertac Paul Bozkurt, a member of the council managing the church.Habib-i Neccar mosque pictured before the quake. Today, only its walls survive. What appear to be "simple cracks" can weaken a monument and cause to collapse. Antakya is in Hatay, a province tucked between the Mediterranean Sea and Türkiye's border with Syria.
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