Bolvadin, Afyon, Turkey - Houses / Homes / Real Estate property for sale or for rent - and vacation rentals(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
If you are considering buying real estate in Bolvadin or anywhere else for that matter, the most widely used method of borrowing the funds to make the purchase is a mortgage.
A mortgage is often used to fund the purchase of a house, home, apartment or villa to be used as vacation rentals.
If you are considering buying real estate in Bolvadin, Afyon, Turkey or anywhere else for that matter, the most widely used method of borrowing the funds to make the purchase is a mortgage.
As well as two Ottoman caravanserais, Selcuklu Han and Kursunlu Han, Bolvadin, 60km/40mi east of Afyon, has a bridge built by Sinan (Kirkgöz Köprüsü), the Alaca Fountain, the Esireddin Ebheri Türbe, the Rüstempasa Camii which are well worth a visit, and the Rüstempasa Hani (Ottoman caravanserai).
Formerly a caravan halt, Bolvadin (Byzantine "Polybotum") was fortified against the Seljuks in the 12th century though nothing from that period now survives.
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Powerful Earthquake Strikes Central Turkey(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
One person died in Bolvadin in a collapsed house and another
One person died in Bolvadin in a collapsed house and another : person died of a heart attack in the neighboring city of Konya, where : seven people were injured from jumping from windows and balconies, state : television reported.
: : Eight people were still buried under the debris of a collapsed house in : Sultandagi, 7 miles south of Bolvadin, said Hayrettin Barut, mayor of : the provincial capital of Afyon.
In the worst-hit town of Sultandagi, 20 miles south of Bolvadin, the quake's epicentre, rescue teams were digging with shovels and their hands to pull out the bodies of a couple believed to be under the debris of a three-storey building.
A total of 1,000 tents and 3,000 blankets were sent to the region, where there is snow on the ground in some areas and the nighttime temperature often falls below freezing.
By lunchtime yesterday rescuers were atop ruined build ings tossing rubble to one side in Bolvadin; by mid afternoon mechanical diggers were picking through the rubble in Sultandagi.
FINDINGS: An earthquake was detected with the magnitude of 6.0 at 9:11 A.M. at February 3rd, 2002, in the Sultandagi town, which is localized in Afyon city of Turkey.
Bolvadin and Cay towns were also affected from the disaster.
This earthquake, caused 39 deaths (23 of them were older than 65 year-old; 15 male and 24 female), 325 injured persons; 315 cows and water buffalos and 3,176 sheep, 14,328 poultry were dead, and 15,032 buildings were damaged.
Powerful Earthquake Strikes Central Turkey(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
One person died in Bolvadin in a collapsed house and another person died of a heart attack in the neighboring city of Konya, where seven people were injured from jumping from windows and balconies, state television reported.
Eight people were still buried under the debris of a collapsed house in Sultandagi, 7 miles south of Bolvadin, said Hayrettin Barut, mayor of the provincial capital of Afyon.
The quake caused 15 buildings and the minarets of several mosques to collapse in Bolvadin, located about a three-hour drive from Ankara, the nation's capital.
Afyon iline baglý BOLVADIN ilçesi de bu tür yerleþim birimlerindendir.
Polybotom ismiyle Anadolu uygarlýklarýna uzanan bir geçmiþe sahip olan, Türkler açýsýndan, yerleþik hayata geçiþi ikinci binin baþlarinda saðlayan bir þehir olan Bolvadin'e 1200'lü yýllarda yerleþen ailemizin uzandýðým olcude soy agacini burada vermek istiyorum.
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At least 45 Dead in Turkey Earthquake(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Turkish officials say the epicenter of the magnitude 6.0 quake was the town of Bolvadin, about 190 kilometers east of Istanbul.
The tremor was felt as far east as the capital, Ankara, and the central Anatolian province of Konya.
Turkish officials say they fear the death toll may rise as some residents remain trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings across Afyon province, where Bolvadin lies.
Deputy governor of the worst-hit central Afyon province Halil Ibrahim Turkoglu said there were no more survivors or bodies left in the rubble of about 150 collapsed buildings.
The quake, registering 6.0 on the Richter scale, centred on the town of Bolvadin in Afyon province, and was felt as far away as Istanbul, 500 kilometres (300 miles) to the north-west.
Dozens of aftershocks, the strongest with a magnitude of 5.3, continued to rattle the area as the night-time temperature fell to around minus 5C (23 Fahrenheit).
Ramazan ayının anlamına uygun olarak yaşanması için Bolvadin Belediyesi tarafından organize edilen etkinliklerle ilgili çalışmaların tamamlandığı belirtilirken, diğer taraftan çadırda verilecek olan iftar yemeğinin yanı sıra, muhtaç ve yatalak durumdaki ihtiyaçlı insanlarımızın da..
Ahmet N. HELVACI, beraberinde AK Parti Bolvadin İlçe Başkanı Av.
El epicentro del seísmo se ha localizado en la ciudad de Bolvadin aunque se ha sentido también en otras provincias incluidas Ankara, Eskisehir, Esparta, Konya y Burdur, donde ha causado el pánico entre la población.
Las localidades más afectadas son Bolvadin, Cay y Sultandagi.
El ministro de Construcción, Abdul Kadir Akcan, que se ha desplazado a la ciudad de Cay, ha señalado que, hasta momento, se han contado 16 muertos tan sólo en esta localidad y uno más en Bolvadin, ciudad donde hay al menos una treintena de heridos, cuatro de ellos en estado crítico.
