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Turkey fights to protect ancient Antakya's heritage ruined by quake / 33P8798
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Modern-day Antakya, on the site of the ancient city of Antioch, is home to two millenia's worth of heritage and history - all turned upside down since the earthquake of February 6 devastated southern Turkey and Syria, killing at least 55,000 people. Before the disaster, the Turkish Ministry of Culture had listed 719 buildings of historic importance, but there are calls from conservationists for the ministry to do more to protect the city's historical sites. "It's like when you find a work of art, you make an inventory of it to protect it in a museum. We have to do the same thing here: these buildings are just as important," architect Gokhan Ergin tells AFP. IMAGES