We have serious concerns about whether our houses are resistant to earthquakes after the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes that took place on February 6 and stifled our country.
It is a fact that when buying a house, first of all, how big and useful it is, we look at how big and useful it is, but after an earthquake disaster like we live in these days, we start to research whether our house is sound or not. robustness as we determine.
The buildings we live in are susceptible to a possible major earthquake. resistant It is a fact that we, as citizens of earthquake country, should always think about whether there is an earthquake or not.
Earthquake regulation was put into effect for the first time in 1947, and then it was renewed periodically.
This regulation, taking into account the earthquake zone and ground characteristics of all the buildings to be built, is required for earthquake resistant design and construction. minimum conditions determines.
In fact, the last earthquake regulation published in 2018 Official newspaperIts description is as follows:
“To determine the necessary rules and minimum conditions for the design and construction of all or parts of official and private buildings and building-type structures to be rebuilt, replaced, enlarged, and for the evaluation and reinforcement of the performance of existing buildings under the influence of earthquakes.”
After the 17 August 1999 earthquake, the earthquake regulation began to be actively implemented.
In 2001, in addition to the inspection of municipalities, building inspection companies made independent inspections. obligation has also been brought. The building inspection agency, on behalf of the land owner, from the beginning to the end of a construction construction activities and hence supervises the contractor. In this way, all buildings must pass two different inspections.
The works did not go as planned and the buildings were approved for earthquake resistance before they were fully inspected.
According to the data announced by the Chamber of Chemical Engineers:
“In our country over 18 million percent of building stock 70 of them unlicensed, leakage And 40 percent is uninhabitable and it is in a situation that must be strengthened against earthquakes.”
President Erdoğan: 98% of the destroyed buildings were built before 1999.
of TUIK 27 December 2022According to the data published in the buildings built an average of 51.7% was built after 2001.
President Erdoğan made a press statement after the cabinet meeting. “destroyed buildings 98% since 1999 before made.” found in the statement.
In addition, we have METU Structural and Earthquake Engineering Laboratory Manager Prof. Dr. Haluk Sucuoğlu’s words in DW Turkish, “In Kahramanmaraş earthquakes destroyed buildingsIt draws attention to the fact that 50 to 60 percent were made after 2000, except for Adana.
Note: TURKSTAT’s report was made in the last week of last year and is not a statistics about earthquakes. The data of TUIK provides information about the average age of the buildings constructed.
As a result, most of the buildings built after 2000 should not be demolished.
Because the earthquake regulations of 1998, 2007 and 2018 It is assumed to be strictly enforced.. However, as we said above, without supervision There are also buildings that have this document.
Civil engineer According to Fatih Sütçü, it is unacceptable for any of the buildings built since 2018 to be demolished. Stating that as of 2018, the control has been tightened, Dr. Fatih Sütçü said that it is acceptable that the buildings are damaged beyond habitation, but that citizens should come out alive also states.
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