A conference titled "Earthquake and Niğde's Seismicity" was held for secondary and high school students on the occasion of March 1-7 Earthquake Week, in cooperation with the Disaster Education and Management Research and Application Center at our university and the Geological Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering. At the conference, faculty members of our Faculty of Engineering, Department of Geological Engineering, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Şener and Assoc. Dr. With the presentation made by Alper Gürbüz, students were informed about the emergence of earthquakes and the seismicity of Niğde. In cooperation with the Disaster Education and Management Research and Application Center of our university and the Department of Geological Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering, we organized an event titled "Earthquake" for secondary and high school students on the occasion of March 1-7 Earthquake Week. and Niğde's Seismicity” conference was held. At the conference, faculty members of our Faculty of Engineering, Department of Geological Engineering, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Şener and Assoc. Dr. With the presentation made by Alper Gürbüz, students were informed about the emergence of earthquakes and the seismicity of Niğde.

Our Rector Prof. attended the event held at our Martyr Ömer Halisdemir Congress and Culture Center. Dr. Hasan Uslu, our Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Recep Çiçek, Deputy General Secretary Abdulgani Özkan, Niğde Provincial Director of National Education Halil İbrahim Yaşar, Niğde Deputy Mayor Melih Ayhan, guests and many students attended.

Rector Uslu: “Our University has carried out aid and support services in a coordinated manner since the first moment of the earthquake”

Our Rector Prof. made the opening speech of the program. Dr. Hasan Uslu continued his speech by saying, “First of all, I commemorate our citizens who lost their lives in this disaster and all other disasters that occurred in our country throughout the historical process. I wish a speedy recovery to our injured. From the first moment of the earthquake, our university created a crisis desk and carried out aid and support services in the earthquake region in a coordinated manner. In this context, six trucks of in-kind aid materials were delivered to Kahramanmaraş province and Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, which was paired with our University by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), without any problems. In addition, all our campuses, guesthouses and student dormitories on our campus have been opened to our earthquake-affected guests and residents of our city for accommodation purposes; The parking areas within our campus are used as safe gathering areas. During the process, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University was visited by the senior management of our University and a coordination meeting was held with the relevant University management regarding support and assistance services. "All academic and administrative units of our University are mobilized for both the earthquake zones and our earthquake-affected guests, and our aid efforts and psychosocial support activities continue uninterruptedly." It started with the following statements.

Rector Uslu: “Scientific Methods and R&D Studies are of Great Importance regarding Earthquakes”

In his speeches, he said, "Earthquake is unfortunately a reality of our country. The primary precautions we must take against earthquakes are to conduct ground surveys using scientific methods and then build healthy and durable structures according to the findings we obtain. “R&D studies on this subject are of great importance.” Our Rector Prof. said: Dr. At the end of his statements, Hasan Uslu said, “With this conference we organize as Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, we intend to accelerate our studies in the field in our city and raise awareness by providing academic support to these studies. Our Faculty of Engineering, Geological Engineering Department strives to provide scientific support and contribution to our city and our entire country, especially regarding earthquakes. "In addition, our Disaster Education and Management Research and Application Center, where interdisciplinary studies are carried out in the field, and our Disaster Management Department, which provides postgraduate education with a multidisciplinary approach, are the clearest evidence of our University's strength and effort in this field." said.

Korkunç: “Disaster is not an event itself, but its result.”

Mustafa Korkanç, Director of the Disaster Training and Management Research and Application Center and Head of the Department of Geological Engineering, said in his statements in the program: "Disaster is a disaster that causes physical, economic and social losses for the whole or certain segments of the society, stops or interrupts normal life and human activities, and weakens the coping capacity of the affected society." It is defined as a nature, technology or human-induced event that is not sufficient. Disaster is not an event itself, but its consequences. As it is known, our country is located on one of the most active earthquake zones in the world. We see with regret that the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş on February 6 caused loss of life as a result of great damage to structures both in city centers and in rural areas. Many buildings are also unusable. Among the most important reasons for this: location selection