NUMBER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS PREPARED AGAINST EARTHQUAKE UNDER ISMEP

0000
School Buildings
000
Health Buildings
00
Dormitories
00
Administrative Buildings

İSMEP LogoIstanbul Seismic Risk Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness Project (ISMEP) is implemented by the Istanbul Project Coordination Unit which is established in 2006 under the Governorship of Istanbul. ISMEP is the first risk mitigation project of Türkiye with its studies on what to do before, during and after a potential earthquake in Istanbul.

Component

Enhancing Emergency Preparedness Capacity

Component

Seismic Risk Mitigation for Priority Public Buildings

 

Component

Building Code Enforcement

417 school buildings reconstructed and 969 school buildings retrofitted against earthquake under ISMEP.

17 school buildings being reconstructed and 47 school buildings being retrofitted.

6 health buildings reconstructed and 48 health buildings retrofitted against earthquake under ISMEP.

1.7 Million people have been trained under public awareness program.

265,134 citizens have been volunteers with the “Safe Life Training Program”

KADIKÖY ATATÜRK SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVED LEED PLATINUM CERTIFICATE

KADIKÖY ATATÜRK SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVED LEED PLATINUM CERTIFICATE

Istanbul Kadıköy Atatürk Science High School which was demolished and reconstructed under the Istanbul Seismic Risk Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness Project (ISMEP), that is implemented by Istanbul Project Coordination Unit (IPCU) of Istanbul Governorship, has received a Leed Platinum Certificate awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council based in USA. As reconstructed in 2019 in …
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Istanbul Project Coordination Unit Strenghtened 26 Schools and Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital Against Earthquake in 2019.

Dear stakeholders, Each year we leave behind puts even greater responsibilities on us. From the very first day we have taken the road with the motto: “We are Strengthening Our Future!”, we at Istanbul Project Coordination Unit (IPCU) have been endeavouring to prepare our beloved Istanbul, one of the most important cities in the world, for disasters …
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Director's Message

We are Strengthening Our Future

As the director of Istanbul Seismic Risk Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness Project (ISMEP), it is an honour for me to share this message with you. ISMEP, which is the first risk mitigation project conducted in our country, is one of the most successful examples of its kind not only in Turkey but also worldwide. Our project involves three main components; enhancing emergency preparedness, seismic risk mitigation for priority public buildings and building code enforcement.

Yalçın Kaya
Director of IPKB

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