Turkish Society for ISSMGE

ZMGM: Time Capsule Project

Written By: ZMGM Time Capsule Project Commission: Prof. Dr. İlknur Bozbey | Prof. Dr. S. Feyza Çinicioğlu | Prof. Dr. Aykut Şenol | Civil Engineer, MSc., Alp Gökalp | Prof. Dr. Banu İkizler | Research Assistant, PhD Student Emirhan Altınok
Uploaded At: 01 May 2024

Dear members,

The outputs prepared by the Turkish National Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering within the scope of the Time Capsule Project of ISSMGE are presented below.

a. The first of these products is the evaluation report of a survey study sent to our members in March 2022. Thank you to all our members who responded to our survey.

Results of the Survey for Evaluating the Geotechnical Engineering Sector in Turkey

b. The summary of this survey evaluation report in poster format prepared for the Time Capsule Project is in the file below.

Questionnaire Poster

c. Another product prepared within the scope of this project is a video interview. This video includes a short interview with our distinguished Professor Ergün Toğrol, where we talked about the early days of geotechnical engineering in Turkey. 

d. A eight pages poster was prepared narrating Karl von Terzaghi's days in Istanbul in 1910’s. A photograph present in the Civil Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University was used as the main theme. 

Karl Terzaghi, a photo and beyond

e. ZMGM - Time Capsule Project Outputs file contains a short presentation of these products.

Time Capsule Project Outputs