Abstract

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).

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