Analysis of evacuation times of 15th and 16th century historical mosques in Turkey

this study, 67 historical mosques from the 15(th) and 16(th) centuries selected from different regions of Turkey were analyzed in terms of evacuation time, exit width per person, average evacuation speed and occupant load. It was aimed to determine the general tendencies of mosques, which are one of the building types with the highest occupant load, in the context of evacuation. Measuring the evacuation efficiency of mosques incases such as terrorist attacks and fires is an important issue for Turkey, which has more than 89 thousand mosques. In this study which mosques with an occupant load from 113 people to 4799 people were examined, it was detected that the evacuation times of the mosques ranged from 51 seconds to 8 minutes and 19 seconds. It was also observed that the mosques with an occupant load of less than 1000 people and more than 1000 people differ in terms of evacuation outputs.