ABSTRACT

Seismic precautions in Ottoman Baths related to architectural design and construction detailing is identified according to the methodological approach that was studied in Politecnico Di Milano as a PhD thesis. Seismic precautions at the Gazi Mihal Bath were as follows: the walls were clamped on two sides with other walls by timber tie beams, and diatones were present with better quality masonry compared to that of the other cases. Seismic precautions at the Kean Bath were as fols lows: the diatone stones were used inside the masonry wall, the masonry was of average quality, and the bath had a rectangular plan shape with axial walls. In Suleymanpaa Bath, there was no sign of awaresness of seismicity. The masonry quality index of Suleymanpaa Bath is in the low level of out-of-plane actions, in-plane actions and vertical actions.