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Online SUZI&ETH seminar on the Turkey earthquake held on May 29, 2023, from 17:00 to 19:30
16.05.2023

Members of SAEE—Dr Marko Marinković, Dr Nikola Blagojević, and Nemanja Krtinić—together with a team from ETH Zürich, Switzerland, visited Turkey to study the aftermath of the catastrophic earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023. The team visited 16 cities and several villages between March 16 and 21, gathering significant information about earthquake recovery efforts, as well as damages to residential buildings, hospitals, industrial facilities, bridges, and water reservoirs.


On Monday, May 29th, from 17:00 to 19:30, an online seminar was held during which members of SUZI and the ETH team presented their observations regarding the consequences of these earthquakes.


Attached is the detailed seminar program along with the biographies of the speakers. Prof. Dr Božidar Stojadinović from ETH Zürich, and a member of the SUZI Board of Directors, was the seminar moderator. In addition to the team members, colleagues from Turkey (Dr Şerife Özata), Switzerland (Dr Laurentiu Danciu), and Germany (Prof. Dr Christoph Butenweg) also participated in the seminar.


Below are the slides from all the presentations, as well as the recording of the online seminar.


Presentations slides are attached in the following links:

1. Introduction - Prof. Dr Božidar Stojadinović

2. Seismological and geotechnical aspects - Dr Laurentiu Danciu

3. Post-Earthquake Damage Assessment - Dr Şerife Özata

4. Turkish building codes and practice - Mr Safak Arslantürkoglu

5. Performance of RC structures - Nemanja Krtinić, Prof. Dr Marko Marinković

6. Performance of Masonry structures - Safak Arslantürkoglu

7. Performance of Industrial facilities - Prof. Dr Christoph Butenweg

8. Infrastructure and recovery - Dr Nikola Blagojević



Members of SAEE—Dr Marko Marinković, Dr Nikola Blagojević, and Nemanja Krtinić—together with a team from ETH Zürich, Switzerland, visited Turkey to study the aftermath of the catastrophic earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023. The team visited 16 cities and several villages between March 16 and 21, gathering significant information about earthquake recovery efforts, as well as damages to residential buildings, hospitals, industrial facilities, bridges, and water reservoirs.


On Monday, May 29th, from 17:00 to 19:30, an online seminar was held during which members of SUZI and the ETH team presented their observations regarding the consequences of these earthquakes.


Attached is the detailed seminar program along with the biographies of the speakers. Prof. Dr Božidar Stojadinović from ETH Zürich, and a member of the SUZI Board of Directors, was the seminar moderator. In addition to the team members, colleagues from Turkey (Dr Şerife Özata), Switzerland (Dr Laurentiu Danciu), and Germany (Prof. Dr Christoph Butenweg) also participated in the seminar.


Below are the slides from all the presentations, as well as the recording of the online seminar.


Presentations slides are attached in the following links:

1. Introduction - Prof. Dr Božidar Stojadinović

2. Seismological and geotechnical aspects - Dr Laurentiu Danciu

3. Post-Earthquake Damage Assessment - Dr Şerife Özata

4. Turkish building codes and practice - Mr Safak Arslantürkoglu

5. Performance of RC structures - Nemanja Krtinić, Prof. Dr Marko Marinković

6. Performance of Masonry structures - Safak Arslantürkoglu

7. Performance of Industrial facilities - Prof. Dr Christoph Butenweg

8. Infrastructure and recovery - Dr Nikola Blagojević