Author: Yasemin Korkusuz Ozturk

The Marmara region of Türkiye, situated at the meeting point of Europe and Asia, harbors a silent yet growing threat deep beneath the waters of the Marmara Sea. Though the region appears calm on the surface, it sits atop one of the most active seismic zones in the world – the western end of the North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ), a massive tectonic boundary responsible for some of the most destructive earthquakes in the country’s history. At the heart of this fault system lies the Main Marmara Fault (MMF), an underwater fault located just a few kilometers south of Istanbul,…