EARTHQUAKE PERCEPTION AND SETTLEMENT RELATIONS IN SAMSAT (ADIYAMAN)

Turkey's earthquake taking place in a region located on the generations, past to present our country has led to the occurrence of the devastating earthquake. Relation between seismicity and settlement is important in Samsat District of Ad？yaman province. In addition, the risk of earthquake in the region should be taken into consideration by the people living here. This research aims to evaluate the current perception on the people of Samsat and to increase the level of perception and awareness against any earthquake. The study is important in terms of taking measures to reduce the damage in the face of earthquake disaster and making evaluations. In this study, it is aimed to reveal the spatial development of the district and its close surroundings, the perception of the earthquake of the people and seismicity and settlement. In addition, the faults involving the district and its surroundings are mentioned and the urban development of the district, population characteristics, geological-geomorphological characteristics of the city and soil condition are related to each other and the seismicity of the region is aimed to be explained. For this reason, a questionnaire was prepared by the researchers in order to reveal the thoughts of the people living in the Samsat district center and the surrounding villages. The results of the survey were analyzed by using SPSS package program. After the numerical data obtained from the relevant institutions associated with the Arc Map 10.3 Working with local software packages to the location, topography, geology and Turkey showing the distribution of the neighborhood on active faults and topographic maps are produced ground