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N. Gamlibel

Abstract

Earthquake risk analysis on historical buildings in Istanbul N. Gamlibel Yildiz Technical University, Be§ikta§-Istanbul, Turkey SYNOPSIS Istanbul, the oldest metropolis, capital of the East Ramain, Byzantine and Ottoman Empire is situated on an active seismic zone of Turkey Approximately 250 earthquakes occurred in Istanbul causing serious damage to the numerous historical monuments. Since 212. up to date many Byzantine and Turkish-Ottoman domed buildings collapsed and Hagia Sophia, with the first large dome had largely cracked and partly collapsed three times too in history (4). Marry other monuments are still the object of the risk of further damage as stated by various recent studies. Therefore, an earthquake risk analysis on historical monuments is presented, for a systematical restoration, in this paper. All these buildings are the summit of mankind. The prevention systems for these monuments against the hazardous future earthquakes must be u

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