Payment Release Gate — Earthquake risk screening
Primary official evidence
Revalidate site hazard through AFAD and official risky-building status/process through the Ministry. For the building itself, review age, structural system, alterations and engineering or Riskli Yapı records where relevant. Use AFAD data to understand site hazard, but do not turn it into a structural-safety conclusion. AFAD explicitly states the earthquake hazard map is not a building-risk map. Payment should not be released merely because a document exists; the topic-specific evidence must be current, matched to the transaction and free of an unresolved material conflict.
Key verification points
AFAD’s current hazard map took effect on 1 January 2019 and is a hazard map, not a building-risk certificate; it uses point-based ground-acceleration values rather than the old earthquake-zone grades. Translate the result into acquisition cost, recurring expense, usability or rentalability, financing, liquidity and resale impact. If a reliable value is unavailable, do not invent one; keep the item unresolved and use a conservative scenario where needed.
Document and identity reconciliation
Recheck after a significant earthquake, structural alteration, strengthening, a new engineering report, initiation of a 6306 process, changed building condition or a long delay between inspection and purchase. For the building itself, review age, structural system, alterations and engineering or Riskli Yapı records where relevant. Use AFAD data to understand site hazard, but do not turn it into a structural-safety conclusion. AFAD explicitly states the earthquake hazard map is not a building-risk map.
Timing and change risk
For Payment Release Gate — Earthquake risk screening, log every mismatch or missing item as a separate exception: the field involved, the conflicting document, the authority responsible for correction and the condition that blocks closing until resolution. AFAD explicitly states that the national earthquake hazard map is not a building risk map, so a map colour cannot be converted into a structural-safety conclusion for a specific property. The Ministry states that risky-building determinations follow prescribed technical principles and are made through authorized bodies under the 6306 framework. Where structural concern exists, separate geographic screening from the formal Riskli Yapı process.
Decision standard
For Payment Release Gate — Earthquake risk screening, if registry, project, numbering or share data changes after verification begins, preserve the old and new versions with date and reason. A valid change may be legitimate; relying on a superseded version is the real risk. Earthquake screening should begin with site hazard but must not end there. AFAD explicitly states that the national earthquake hazard map is not a building risk map, so a map colour cannot be converted into a structural-safety conclusion for a specific property. Where structural concern exists, separate geographic screening from the formal Riskli Yapı process. The Ministry states that risky-building determinations follow prescribed technical principles and are made through authorized bodies under the 6306 framework.
For Payment Release Gate — Earthquake risk screening, What official evidence should control this check?
For Payment Release Gate — Earthquake risk screening, preserve a file that can be handed to the next buyer: reference record, verification results, corrections, supporting documents and last-check date. A strong file shortens future due diligence and avoids rebuilding the property history from scratch. Earthquake screening should begin with site hazard but must not end there. AFAD explicitly states that the national earthquake hazard map is not a building risk map, so a map colour cannot be converted into a structural-safety conclusion for a specific property. Where structural concern exists, separate geographic screening from the formal Riskli Yapı process. The Ministry states that risky-building determinations follow prescribed technical principles and are made through authorized bodies under the 6306 framework.
For Payment Release Gate — Earthquake risk screening, Which details must match across the transaction file?
For Payment Release Gate — Earthquake risk screening, where structural concern exists, separate geographic screening from the formal Riskli Yapı process. The Ministry states that risky-building determinations follow prescribed technical principles and are made through authorized bodies under the 6306 framework. If registry, project, numbering or share data changes after verification begins, preserve the old and new versions with date and reason. A valid change may be legitimate; relying on a superseded version is the real risk. AFAD’s current hazard map took effect on 1 January 2019 and is a hazard map, not a building-risk certificate; it uses point-based ground-acceleration values rather than the old earthquake-zone grades.
For Payment Release Gate — Earthquake risk screening, What discrepancy requires further verification?
For Payment Release Gate — Earthquake risk screening, where structural concern exists, separate geographic screening from the formal Riskli Yapı process. The Ministry states that risky-building determinations follow prescribed technical principles and are made through authorized bodies under the 6306 framework. Preserve a file that can be handed to the next buyer: reference record, verification results, corrections, supporting documents and last-check date. A strong file shortens future due diligence and avoids rebuilding the property history from scratch. AFAD’s current hazard map took effect on 1 January 2019 and is a hazard map, not a building-risk certificate; it uses point-based ground-acceleration values rather than the old earthquake-zone grades. Payment should not be released merely because a document exists; the topic-specific evidence must be current, matched to the transaction and free of an unresolved material conflict.