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Scientists say that the expected Great Marmara Earthquake will definitely occur and have been drawing attention to the fact that this earthquake can happen at any time for years. Therefore, many studies have focused on how the earthquake will occur. Dr. Yasemin Korkusuz Öztürk from the Geophysics Department of Boğaziçi University Kandilli Observatory is preparing three-dimensional simulations in order to understand where the Marmara earthquake will start, its magnitude, and the places it will affect. What clues do these studies and the historical earthquakes that occurred in Marmara give us about what will happen? Where will the earthquake occur? How large will it be? Where will it affect? Will a tsunami occur? BBC Turkish examined the expected Great Marmara Earthquake on the 24th anniversary of the August 17, 1999 Gölcük earthquake. News-Research: Esra Yalçınalp Graphics-Animation: Selim Büyükgüner, Osman Kaytazoğlu Interviews: Fatima Çelik, Osman Kaytazoğlu, Esra Yalçınalp Acknowledgements: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aktar, Dr. Yasemin Korkusuz Ozturk, Ege Tatlici, Mahmut Hamsici BBC Turkish website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/turkce Facebook: / bbcturkceservisi Twitter: / bbcturkce Instagram: / bbcturkce