Research Priority Areas

Our department conducts pioneering national and international scientific research aimed at understanding Turkey's geological framework, managing natural resources sustainably, and mitigating natural hazard risks.
1. Natural Hazards
  • Earthquake Generation Mechanisms & Parameter Estimation
  • Landslides & Slope Stability Problems
  • Paleoseismological Trenching Studies
  • Flood & Avalanche Investigations
  • Tsunami & Karst Collapse Hazards
  • Volcanology & Medical Geology Hazards
2. Raw Materials and Energy
  • Strategic Energy Technologies (Geothermal, Hydrogen, Nuclear)
  • Critical Metals & Exploration Methods
  • Oil, Natural Gas & Shale Gas Exploration/Production
  • Coal Geology & Underground Gasification
  • Underground Natural Gas Storage Site Characterization
  • Mineral Synthesis for Advanced Materials & Ceramics
  • Functional Mineral Production for Packaging & Agriculture
  • Briquetting & Domestic Feed Mineral Production
3. Water Resources
  • Sustainable Groundwater Resource Management
  • Groundwater Quality & Utilization Modeling
  • River Basin Management & Underground Dams
  • Impacts of Climate Change & Global Warming on Water Resources
  • Chemical & Isotopic Content of Precipitation in Turkey
  • Water Potential Assessment of Lakes in Turkey
4. Fundamental Geological Research
  • Tectonics & In-Situ Stress Field Determination
  • Fracture Propagation in Rock Media Under Stress
  • Mantle Flow & Mantle Geochemistry
  • Geomorphological Studies
  • Tunnel Geology & Geotechnics