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Originally Posted by Aegean
The new build are fully earthquake protected - if anythink built to much concrete and steel.
Turkish Government after the big Earthquake in Izmit which killed 1,000's have sorted out the sharks developers.
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I always thought that that was on of the problems to little or too much concrete and steel. Japan is really leading the way int this venture.
The current prediction is that a major earthquake will happen in Istanbul, knock 50,000 buildings and kill thousands with a magnitude between 6.5 and 7.5 in the next 30 years....very grim message but thats what is predicted.
Some of the beautiful historic old buildings and national treasures have undergone huge work in the foundations to pertect them but the city is at risk. And the government is still at the preliminary stages of action.
Also "About 12 percent of the city's buildings are "commercial mixed," meaning the ground floor is commercial and the upper floors are residential.
"These types of buildings are especially vulnerable to collapse because they have few walls on the ground floor to resist earthquakes," sciencedaily.com