# Comparative Analysis of Target Displacements in RC Buildings for 2023 Turkiye Earthquakes
## 1 Introduction
Each of these studies, conducted for these earthquakes considered the disaster of the century for Turkiye, will contribute to the development of both seismic design code and earthquake hazard map. [PERSON] [20] examined the seismic damage in adobe structures following earthquakes while [PERSON] [21] focused on the damage to the prefabricated structures. [PERSON] [22], [PERSON] and [PERSON] [23], and [PERSON] et al. [24] studied the failures in RC buildings in Adityaman province. [PERSON] [25] studied the impact of the 6 February 2023, disasters in Turkiye. [PERSON] et al. [26] and [PERSON] et al. [27] investigated soil liquefaction following the 2023 Kahramanmaras disasters. [PERSON] [28] examined the impacts of earthquakes on existing prefabricated structures in the context of codes. [PERSON] et al. [29] studied the impacts of earthquakes on different structural systems in Kahramanmaras province. [PERSON] et al. [30] examined the earthquake performances of buildings after the earthquake and provided insights into the lessons to be learned. [PERSON] et al. [31] investigated the causes of the significant destruction of structures in earthquakes. [PERSON] [32] studied the impacts of earthquakes on RC buildings and made recommendations for the development of design guidelines. [PERSON] et al. [33] compared the actual economic losses and loss of life after earthquakes with the estimated results. [PERSON] [34] compared seismic parameters specifically for the earthquake region. [PERSON] et al. [35] examined in detail the effect of local soil conditions on seismic fragility for 400 different RC buildings that collapsed during these earthquakes. [PERSON] et al. [36] comprehensively evaluated the damage to RC structures based on observations. [PERSON] et al. [37] investigated the seismic behavior of a hospital building with base isolation located in an earthquake region. [PERSON] et al. [38] studied the damage modes in RC structures and provided reinforcement recommendations for such structures. [PERSON] et al. [39] and [PERSON] et al. [40] examined the damages in Golbasi district of Adityaman province from both geotechnical and structural perspectives. [PERSON] et al. [41,42] evaluated the damage in steel structures and hospital-type structures in the earthquake area. [PERSON] [43] investigated the effect of infill walls on a heavily damaged RC building model. [PERSON] et al. [44] compared the target displacement values for twenty different settlements on the EAFZ where the earthquakes occurred. In addition to these studies, there are others in which damages in RC structures are examined based on observation, damage classifications using different structural assessment methods, and structural weaknesses/irregularities are examined through numerical models [45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54]. In most of these studies, the damage was evaluated based on observation, and recommendations were made. General structural failures in RC structures during these earthquakes are discussed within the scope of this paper. Target displacement values for an RC building model selected as an example for eleven provinces primarily affected by earthquakes were obtained separately for both earthquakes and the proposed earthquake hazard. Large-scale structural damage caused by earthquakes and the resulting fatalities have made performance-based design and assessment of structures essential [55,56]. One of the aims of earthquake-resistant building design is to ensure that buildings can resist a potential earthquake without suffering excessive damage. The seismic performances of structures under the influence of an earthquake can be determined through structural analyses. Building performance analysis is one of the most crucial stages in earthquake-resistant building design and strengthening. In performance-based earthquake engineering, it is essential to determine target displacements for damage prediction when specific performance thresholds of building elements are achieved.