Turkey has lived an awakening after the earthquakes of 17 August 1996 in
Marmara and 12 November 1999 in Dü / zce. Turkey has paid the cost of a delayed
awakening with the loss of approximately 45,000 citizens and 20 billion dollars.
Turkey, which is located on active seismic fault lines, has previously
encountered such destructive earthquakes but necessary measures have not been
taken due to the previous earthquakes not striking the large metropolis and
industrial zones, lower losses in terms of lives and property, and lack of interest
of the media in terms of the issue. The importance and necessity of building
inspection could only be realized after said disaster. Subsequently, the Ministry
has worked like a factory producing laws, regulations and decrees having the
force of law and has implemented numerous practices in a rush. Said practices
containing the post-earthquake haste and reactive approaches are currently still being discussed and could only be regulated within a period of 2-3 years. This
study will examine the building inspection system, which has been applied in
Turkey prior to the earthquakes of 1999, which are considered as a sad turning
point, and the laws and applications related with thereof. Subsequently, the
building inspection practices of certain countries, unions and international
legislations will be discussed in order to provide for examination and comparison
of the laws, regulations and practices, enacted by the Ministry after 1999, at
international level. The study will be concluded with the examination of the
building inspection systems recommended after the year 1999, study of the
inefficient aspects and recommendation of specific solutions.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1088624/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 January 2003 |
| Creators | Hacibaloslu, Dincer |
| Contributors | Erant, Engin |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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