I lived in Adana and worked at the Incirlik air base (in Turkish the letter “c” is pronounced like a “j” in English). This is a very geologically active area. The other problem is how they build. A friend on base lived in a house where one wall separated from the outside wall. You could put your arm through from the hallway to the bedroom. Many areas of the country are prone to this seismic activity. Prayers for these folks.
Many buildings I saw in Sinope and Trabzon were just walls built on the ground - no actual foundation, let alone earthquake mitigation - many were just wooden structures with overhanging later construction tacked on top, and stone buildings sometimes seemed like mortar was optional.