The enactment of the attached “Regulation on the Protection of Buildings from Fire” has been decided by the Council of Ministers on 27/11/2007, upon the letter of the Ministry of Public Works and Settlement dated 1/11/2007 and numbered 5098, in accordance with the additional article 9 of the Civil Defense Law numbered 7126.

Abdullah GÜL

PRESIDENT

Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN

Prime Minister

C. ÇİÇEK                                 H. YAZICI                                   N. EKREN                               M. AYDIN

Deputy Prime Minister         Deputy Prime Minister            Deputy Prime Minister                  Minister of State

M. BAŞESGİOĞLU                      B. YILDIRIM                             N. ÇUBUKÇU                            N. EKREN

Minister of State                         Acting Minister of State                            Minister of State                         Acting Minister of State

M. S. YAZICIOĞLU                     M. A. ŞAHİN                             M. V. GÖNÜL                           B. ATALAY

Minister of State                            Minister of Justice                        Minister of National Defense                     Minister of Interior

B. ATALAY                          K. UNAKITAN                               H. ÇELİK                               F. N. ÖZAK

Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs                        Minister of Finance                          Minister of National Education            Minister of Public Works and Settlement

R. AKDAĞ                             B. YILDIRIM                               M. M. EKER                               F. ÇELİK

Minister of Health                          Minister of Transport                  Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs      Minister of Labor and Social Security

M. Z. ÇAĞLAYAN                      M. H.GÜLER                                E. GÜNAY                              V. EROĞLU

Minister of Industry and Trade    Minister of Energy and Natural Resources       Minister of Culture and Tourism           Minister of Environment and Forestry

REGULATION ON THE PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS FROM FIRE

PART ONE

General Provisions, Usage and Hazard Classes of Buildings

CHAPTER ONE

Purpose, Scope, Legal Basis and Definitions

Purpose

ARTICLE 1- (1) The purpose of this Regulation is to determine the procedures and principles of the measures to be taken, organization, training and supervision before and during a fire, in order to minimize the fires that may occur during the design, construction, operation, maintenance and use phases of all kinds of structures, buildings, facilities and enterprises used by public institutions and organizations, private organizations and real persons, and to ensure that any fire that may break out in any way is extinguished by minimizing the loss of life and property.