Evaluation of Earthquake Behaviour of Historic Şirvani Mosque's Stone Minaret

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:14.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:14.4pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:125%"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">This study wascarried out to investigate the earthquake behavior of the Şirvani Mosqueminaret in Gaziantep in Turkey. The minaret, which stands 35 meters tall,presents a considerable structural challenge. Following the catastrophicearthquake in Turkey on February 26, 2023, many historical structures,including the Şirvani Mosque minaret, suffered extensive damage or collapse. Tounderstand the structural behavior of the minaret during seismic events, weutilized the Extreme Loading for Structures (ELS) program for a detailednon-linear time history analysis.<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:14.4pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:14.4pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-top:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:125%"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">In summary, theearthquake in Turkey underscored the susceptibility of historical structures tonatural calamities. The analysis using the ELS program replicated the real-lifecollapse of the minaret under seismic forces.<o:p></o:p></span>