The project titled "Emergency Landscape Restoration Planning in Areas Damaged by Forest Fires: A Remote Sensing Approach Based on Land Use-Land Cover and Land Surface Temperature," led by Assist.Prof.Dr. Merve Kalaycı Kadak, a faculty member at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, has been awarded support under the TÜBİTAK 1002-B Emergency Support Program.

 In the project, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Mert from Isparta University of Applied Sciences and Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ebru Gül from Çankırı Karatekin University are participating as researchers.

The project, which received a grant of 53,539 TL from TÜBİTAK and will last for three months, aims to develop urgent landscape repair proposals for areas damaged by the fire. The project, which will utilize remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS)-based methods, will provide scientific and technical contributions to the transformation of post-fire areas into a functioning ecosystem.

Additionally, the student under the supervision of project leader Assist.Prof.Dr. Üyesi Kalaycı Kadak will be supported as a scholarship recipient throughout the project.

In his assessment of the project, our Rector, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hamdi Topal, stated the following:

This valuable project, carried out by our university's academics, will not only contribute to the scientific world but will also help develop concrete solutions for combating forest fires, one of our country's most significant environmental problems.

Our Rector also expressed gratitude to YÖK President Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar and YÖK members for their support of quality research in higher education, and to TÜBİTAK President Prof. Dr. Orhan Aydın for their encouragement of university projects.