Course: ARCH 564 Space and Culture (2024–2025 Spring), Bilkent University
Director: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bülent Batuman
StatusThe group's work is currently being edited into an atlas.
Research / Recovery Atlas
Post-Disaster Recovery Atlas Working Group
A collaborative study group at Bilkent University examining the socio-spatial aftermath of the February 2023 earthquakes, with its work currently being edited into an atlas.
About
The Post-Disaster Recovery Atlas Working Group is a collaborative study group that grew out of ARCH 564 Space and Culture (2024–2025 Spring semester) at Bilkent University, directed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bülent Batuman.
It began as an extension of the course, which studied the aftermath of the February 2023 earthquakes affecting Kahramanmaraş, Malatya, Adıyaman and Hatay. The group examines the socio-spatial changes that followed the earthquakes, and its work is currently being edited into an atlas.
Origin
Themes
Migration
Reconstruction
Political change
Minority communities
Methods
The group's methods range from statistical analysis and mapping to near-ethnographic studies drawing on personal experience.
Region
The aftermath of the February 2023 earthquakes affecting Kahramanmaraş, Malatya, Adıyaman and Hatay.
From the atlas
Work in progress.
Intra-city migration · February to July 2023
Intra-city migration · 2024 to 2025 (returnees)
Reserve construction areas
Property and ownership
Decentralization
Selected plates from the atlas in progress. Click any map to view it at full size.
Team
Ege Kaan, Serap, Betül, Şevval, Vera Yıldız, Buse Demir, Başak Ünver, Duygu Gören, Bilge Sağlam