There are 6-7 million houses in the risk pool across Türkiye

Stating that the average building age across the country is 25, Çak emphasized that the age of the building alone does not reveal whether the building is safe or not. Underlining that multi-storey buildings, especially those built between 1980 and 2000, should be evaluated in terms of risk, Çak continued as follows:

"According to these criteria, it seems that approximately 6-7 million residences are in the risk pool. Therefore, we expect approximately 6 million residences in the risk pool in Turkey to be examined, risk analyzes to be carried out, and if necessary, the risk status of the buildings to be determined along with earthquake performance analyses. In fact, age does not directly provide us with very important parameter data regarding whether a building is safe or not. But if our building was built before the 1998 earthquake regulation, that is, if it was built according to the 1975 earthquake regulation, if it is multi-storey, if concrete was poured by hand, our building "If there are very heavy overhangs, this actually gives the impression that our building is somewhat risky."