Toygar Işıklı recounted that he left the military guesthouse, which was destroyed in the Gölcük Earthquake of August 17, 1999, approximately two hours before the earthquake struck. Işıklı said, "If we had stayed, we wouldn't be alive."
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Toygar Işıklı recounted that he left the military guesthouse, which was destroyed in the Gölcük Earthquake of August 17, 1999, approximately two hours before the earthquake struck. Işıklı said, "If we had stayed, we wouldn't be alive."