Text Box: Some important points for the masonry houses in Turkey The % 50 of the Turkey population lives in masonry houses. These buildings are constructed by unconscious building owners. The strength of binding materials used between building materials like brick, stone is weak. The heavy roof causes high level of earthquake induced lateral forces on masonry houses causing collapse or high damage The conventional retrofitting techniques are Confusing Expensive Difficult to apply The aim of the project is to find a simple, cheap and applicable retrofitting technique.