ANNUAL REPORT From JSCE, TURKEY SECTION
From Apr. 2007 until Mar. 2008
◈ Establishment
The JSCE Turkey Section was established in, 2007 with Dr. Zeki

Hasgür who is the first current Section President. TheTurkey Section was intended to serve as a bridge and inspire more active, more effective communication between Turkey
and Japan civil engineering industry. The current Turkey Section has only 8 members.

◈ Turkey Section Activities during fiscal year 2007:1) October 16th -20th, the 6thTurkish National Earthquake Engineering conference was held in Istanbul. Former
President of JSCE, Prof. Dr. Masonori Hamada attended to this conference and gave an important speech as theinvited speaker.
2) Some of the Japanese Civil Eng. also attended to this conference submitting valuable papers.

Also Dr. Hasgür,presented two papers in this conference.
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2007 September 19th, editorial staff of the journalTechnicalstaff,of the JSCE visited Turkey Section in Istanbul at theUniversity. Dr. Amano from Kajima Corparation, and Ms. Kato representing members of editorial

accompanied by Asst.Project Manager Sakaeda from Avrasya Consultant Com., they shared technicalinformation of the experimental researches from ITU, Earthquake Structure Laboratory.

◈ Turkey Section Scheduled Activities for fiscal year 2008:
First Turkish& Japanese Technical Collaborative Symposium-I ,was successfully performed in Istanbul TechnicalUniversity on 5th of June 2008. Symposium was planned mainly in two stages as being remembrance of the first pioneersof the Turkish Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology; such as
Umemura, Dr. Rikitake , Dr. Kubo andProfessors Dr. Hagiwara , Dr. Otani, Dr

secondly to share the the experiences gained from the the great projects

conducted by Turkish and Japanese civil engineers as Hasan Ugurlu-Suat Ugurlu Dams, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Suspension
Bridges and Submerged Tunel- Marmara Project by Taisei firm.
Contribution to the symposium from Turkey, and Japan as academicians and civil engineers was at the high level. Over 75
to 100 person attended to the symposium even though it was first symposium for this kind of activity. Prof. Dr. Masanori
Hamada (Waseda Univ.)-Policies for creation of safe and secure society against global increase of natural disasters byScience Council of Japan, Prof. Dr. Hisataka TANO (Nihon University)-Investigation of Babadağ landslide and some
implication measurements before hazard mitigation, Prof. Dr. Ömer AYDAN (Tokai University)-A study of antique
Derinkuyu Underground City and its importance today, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Junji KYANO (Kyoto Univ.)- Early warning
system and vehicle behaviors on highway during an earthquake)1

from Japanese side andEmerituus Professors, Dr.

Silva Büyükasikoglu - Contribution of Japanese Academicians -Dr. Hagiwara -formerly visiting İTU-I Dr. Muzaffer Ipek,
Contribution of Japanese Academicians -Drs. Otani, Umemura -formerly visiting İTU-II and as the members of Turkey

section, Prof. Dr. Zeki Hasgür (President of JSCE Turkey section-ITU)- Contribution of Japanese Academicians –Dr.
Kubo -formerly visiting İTU-III), Prof. Haluk Eyidogan(ITU),

Contribution of Japanese Academicians -Dr.

Rikitake-formerly visiting İTU-IV Prof.Dr. Halil Kumsar (Pamukkale Univ.)- Multi-parameter measures system forearthquake prediction in Denizli Basin, Prof. Dr. Resat Ulusay (Hacettepe Univ.)- Stress measurements of earth crust byAE Method and Engineers Erdoğan ÖZORAL (General Directorate of State Hydrolic Works-7. Regional Directorate)-Collaborative dam projects in Turkey: Hasan Uğurlu Dam,Yakup Dost &Erdogan Dedeoglu(General Directorate ofHighways-17. Regional Directorate) Design and construction stages of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge were presented as
the main items of symposium.

2- Technical Site Visit to the retrofitting of Ortaköy viaducts and other bridges arranged by the construction firm Japan

Bridge &Structure Institute Inc. after the symposium.

3-Some of the Japanese codes and technical documents for the members who are interested for the related fields weresent by JSCE library.

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