Abstract
The first earthquake code in Turkey was enacted in 1944. Revisions were issued in 1949, 1953, 1961, 1968 and 1975. At the time of March 13, 1992 Erzincan earthquake, the seismic resistant design code in effect was the code adopted in 1975, Specifications for Structures to be Built in Disaster Areas. The code has provisions for other disasters—avalanches, landslides, floods, and fire—in addition to earthquakes. The code was prepared under the auspices of and issued by the General Directorate of Disaster Affairs of the Ministry of Public Works and Settlement (formerly Ministry of Reconstruction and Resettlement) and enacted into law by ruling of the Council of Ministers. The complete code is included in the latest issue of Earthquake Resistant Regulations: A World List, published by the International Association for Earthquake Engineering (1988). A draft of revisions to the 1975 Turkish building code is currently in the final review process. This proposed code revision was being circulated for review at the time of the March 13 earthquake.
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