The Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute has been continuously enhancing its public education programs for 25 years for the reduction of earthquake and tsunami damages, with its scientific infrastructure and expertise. These programs aim to increase public awareness and preparedness, utilizing a solid foundation of research and data accumulated over decades of scientific work.
On November 5th, World Tsunami Awareness Day, we organized the Tsunami Standa
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Semih Ergintav, Head of the Department of Geodesy, his article titled "Unexpected far-field deformation of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes revealed by space geodesy" was published in the world's most respected scientific journal Science.
We would like to thank Mr. Adem YAZICI, District Governor of Üsküdar, for his visit to our institution. We gave him information about our 156-year-old Observatory and our operational work.
Kandilli Observatory is conducting an operational study with a TÜBİTAK ship in the Sea of Marmara today. 5 researchers from Japan are also participating in the operation, which is personally managed by our Institute Director Prof. Özel.
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Kandilli Rasathanesi ve Deprem Araştırma Enstitüsü (KRDAE) Müdürü Prof. Dr. Nurcan Meral ÖZEL’e, Japonya’nın en prestijli nişanlarından “Altın Işıklar ve Yükselen Güneş Devlet Nişanı” takdim edildi.
On September 11, 2024, at the Astronomy workshop held at the B.U. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute with the participation of academicians from the University of Malaya Malaysia and researchers and students from various observatories in Malaysia, astronomy studies carried out in both countries were shared and views were exchanged.
On July 4, 2024, at the graduation ceremony held jointly by Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Environmental Sciences and the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute at the Fatin Gökmen Conference Hall on the Kandilli campus, 5 PhD and 10 Master's students from the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute graduated and received their diplomas.
