The Municipality of Istanbul reported that citizens who want to check their house for compliance with earthquake resistance requirements can apply for a building inspection. To do this, just fill out the form on the website. Moreover, this service is available not only to homeowners, but also to tenants of apartments or houses. After all, for them, confidence in the quality of the structure is also very critical.
Seismic resistance checks of residential and not only buildings in Turkey's largest metropolis have been going on for a long time, but in light of recent sad events, they are being strengthened on all "fronts". Also, the population is reminded of the need to insure housing: half of the buildings affected in February, as it turned out, did not have a corresponding DASK policy.
This is especially important in densely populated Istanbul, where there are a lot of old houses, and there are not enough resources to repair them quickly or demolish them and build new ones: last year, experts repeatedly focused attention on the fact that 230 000 units of Istanbul housing can no longer "wait" - they require immediate strengthening or modernization.