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.
- Earthquake Generation Mechanisms & Parameter Estimation
- Landslides & Slope Stability Problems
- Paleoseismological Trenching Studies
- Flood & Avalanche Investigations
- Tsunami & Karst Collapse Hazards
- Volcanology & Medical Geology Hazards
- 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
- 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
- Tectonics & In-Situ Stress Field Determination
- Fracture Propagation in Rock Media Under Stress
- Mantle Flow & Mantle Geochemistry
- Geomorphological Studies
- Tunnel Geology & Geotechnics