Kuran et al. / Turkish Journal of Earthquake Research 2 (1), 47-60, June 2020 An Evaluation on Turkey Building Earthquake Code-2018 Masonry Buildings’ Section and a Comparative Analysis for Unreinforced Masonry Building Cases Fikret Kuran 1 , Ibrahim Serkan Misir 2 , Omer Aldemir 2 , Ercan Tuna 3 and Serhat Firat 2 1 General Directorate of Foundations, Department for Artworks and Construction, Cankaya 06420, Ankara 2 Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Buca 35390, Izmir 3 Izmir Regional Directorate of Foundations, Department for Artworks and Construction, Konak 35250, Izmir ORCID: 0000-0002-1308-435X, 0000-0001-8552-8389, 0000-0002-8572-4440, 0000-0001-5448-490X, 0000-0003-3934-2932 Keywords Unreinforced masonry buildings, TBEC-2018, design of masonry buildings, evaluation of existing buildings Highlights * Turkish Building Earthquake Code-2018 * Design of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings * Evaluation of existing unreinforced masonry buildings Acknowledgements – Aim To evaluate the TBEC-2018 Masonry Buildings’ Section. Location Turkey Methods URM building cases were redesigned and evaluated under TBEC-2018 for a comparative analysis. Results New URM buildings can be built and existing ones can be preserved only in the areas with less than 0.10g ground acceleration, according to TBEC-2018 provisions. The code should be revised considering international earthquake codes and the past experiences. Supporting Institutions – Manuscript Research Article Received: 15.05.2020 Revised: 03.06.2020 Accepted: 03.06.2020 Printed: 30.06.2020 DOI 10.46464/tdad.726301 Corresponding Author İbrahim Serkan Misir Email: serkan.misir@deu.edu.tr Figure Dimensions of masonry building case examined in study How to cite Kuran F., Misir İ.S., Aldemir O., Tuna E., Firat S., 2020. An Evaluation on Turkey Building Earthquake Code- 2018 Masonry Buildings’ Section and a Comparative Analysis for Unreinforced Masonry Building Cases, Turk. J. Earthq. Res. 2 (1), 47-60, https://doi.org/10.46464/tdad.726301