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Kandilli Observatory, or more formally Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI; Turkish: Kandilli Rasathanesi ve Deprem Araştırma Enstitüsü) is a Turkish observatory, which is also specialized on earthquake research. It is situated in Kandilli neighborhood of Üsküdar district on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, atop a hill overlooking Bosporus.




History


The observatory, named originally "Imperial Observatory" (Ottoman Turkish: رصدخانه‌يي امیره, romanized: Rasathâne-i Âmire) as established in 1868 in the Rumelian side of Istanbul, was dedicated mainly to weather forecasting and accurate timekeeping.
During the 31 March Incident in 1909, the observatory was destroyed by the rebels. Next year, however, Professor Fatin (later Fatin Gökmen) was tasked with the reestablishment of the observatory. He chose the present place as the location in of the observatory. Systematic research works began on July 1, 1911. After several name changes, the name "Kandilli Observatory, Astronomy and Geophysics" came into use in 1940. In 1982, the observatory was annexed to Boğaziçi University. Later, the institution was renamed Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI).




Structure of the institution


Kandilli Observatory consists of following departments, laboratories and other facilities situated within its campus:

Departments

Earthquake engineering
Geodesy
Geophysics
Laboratories

Astronomy
Geomagnetism
Meteorology
Optics
Other facilities

Earthquake museum
National Earthquake Monitoring Center
Magnetics Monitoring Station
Geodesy and Magnetics Monitoring Station
Disaster Preparedness Education Unit
Sun Tower
Institute for Biomedical engineering
Telecommunication and Informatics Research Center
In addition, following centers are run by the observatory outside the campus:

Belbaşı Nuclear Tests Monitoring Center, formerly Belbaşı Seismic Research Station (Belbaşı, Ankara Province)
İznik Center for Reducing of Earthquake Damages (Iznik Deprem Zararlarinin Azaltilmasi Merkezi) (Iznik, Bursa Province)




References

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• Gempa bumi Turki 2010
• Gempa bumi Van 2011
• Gempa bumi Düzce 2022
• Gempa bumi Elazığ 2020
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• Salih Zeki
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• List of earthquakes in Turkey
• 2020 Elazığ earthquake
• 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
• Boğaziçi University
• Fethiye