Mustafa Erdik

Mustafa Erdik (born 1948) is a Turkish professor emeritus, an expert in earthquake engineering. He is a former faculty member of the Middle East Technical University and Boğaziçi University. He is the president of the Turkish Earthquake Foundation, and his studies are concerned with strong-motion characterization, earthquake hazard and risk assessment.

Early life and education Erdik was born in Ankara in 1948. He graduated from the Middle East Technical University having a degree in civil engineering in 1970.

He has involved in many significant activities some of which include the Istanbul Earthquake Rapid Response and Early Warning System and the structural health monitoring arrays in World Heritage Site of the UNESCO such as Hagia Sophia and Süleymaniye Mosque. Prof. Nicholas Ambraseys Distinguished Lecture Award by the European Association for Earthquake Engineering and Science Award by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (2018).