Throughout history, the world’s population has lived in rural areas by and large. In the 1800s, at least 90% of the world’s population lived in the countryside, while the urban population constituted less than 10%. With the development of trade, …
Our planet is still very generous despite its advancing age. It is home to countless creatures and offers them many provisions such as nutrition and housing. The Earth only wants respect for the natural balance it provides in return. However, …
With the increase of consumption, which paved the way to seek external resources, global trade has grown greatly. This increase has left a direct impact on the evolution of maritime trade. Especially over the last two centuries, maritime trade has …
The Earth is the only planet suitable for living with the perfect balance it has. A very delicate balance has been established for the continuity and perpetuity of life on the blue planet, which is estimated to be 4.5 billion …
Societies have developed over time along with technological advancements. People who made a living by hunting in the past turned toward agriculture over time and later toward mechanization with the invention of the engine, finally reaching today’s level of knowledge …
The Golden Horn, as it is called by Westerners because of its location and the facilities it offers, is a place that has always managed to maintain its importance. It served as a natural port during the Byzantine and Ottoman …
There have been disasters in every period of history. As the time, place and nature of a disaster are not known they can have a much greater economic, social, physical and spiritual impact, especially If they take place in densely-populated …
Environmental challenges follow an exponentially upward course in line with the rise in production and consumption. The word limitation has no place in the ever-globalizing world. Environmental challenges do not know any bounds and pose a threat to all of …
Turkey, with Bosporus and the Dardanelles, is home to the sole waterway straddling the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. From economy to military and security, the straits are critical not just for Turkey but for Black Sea countries as well. …
Time seems to fly by. Earth is the sole habitat for human beings, and it is changing more and more. For some, it is changing, while some think it is wearing down and getting older. We have borne witness to …
Born in Konya in 1966, Professor Mehmet Emin Birpinar graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering of Yıldız Technical University in İstanbul. He completed the master’s degree and PhD in the Department of Civil Engineering of Yıldız Technical University. He also completed the master’s degree on civil engineering in Italy in 1991 and in the Delft University of Technology in Netherlands in 1994. Being assigned as Professor in 2009, he is also a faculty member at Yıldız Technical University.