Turkey Earthquake 2024 Safety Guidelines. The earthquake building code in turkey has come more into the limelight after last month’s devastating earthquake in izmir. Aftershocks pose a danger to responders because they can cause already damaged buildings and structures to collapse, putting rescue crews at risk of injury or death.

In one case concerning six deaths in two housing estates where 195 people died under the rubble during the 1999 marmara earthquake, the european court of human rights found türkiye to have. Turkey is a country with a very challenging risk profile and a long history of disaster management.