Turkey is an earthquake-prone country. Therefore, many earthquakes have occurred in different time periods, and consequently, lots of lives and properties have been lost. Earthquakes and consequential griefs were voiced and shared with the folk through epics and requiems. In leaf epics, which are also important for our oral history and emerged with the use of lithography, the fact that current issues have been covered has also added news value to these epics. It is quite obvious that epic poet-minstrels lost their significance along with the transition from the oral culture atmosphere to the written culture atmosphere and then to the electronic environment. Leaf epic poets that were representatives of folk poetry produced, sang, and sold epics, especially until the 1980s. Earthquakes, mentioned in leaf epics, presented plenty of details to the reader. Minstrels, who experienced earthquakes, witnessed their consequences, and felt the pain deep in their hearts by hearing them discussed what happened and all the sufferings in detail during and after the incidents. Leaf epic poets put down earthquakes of Varto, Erzincan, Gediz, Çanakkale, Adapazarı, and Mürefte on paper and shared them with the folk. Leaf epic poets both conveyed what happened to a vast majority of the public and significantly formed a public opinion. Leaf epics attracted attention and were complimented greatly. These epics were accepted as people’s newspapers since they supplied information to society about various issues.

Keywords
Fire, epic poet, earthquake, oral, minstrel, damage