Steel Structures Regulation has been issued on 4 February 2016 by Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation in consequence of studies by Turkish Construction Steel Association since 2006 with the support of Istanbul Technical University and Middle East Technical University. Regulation will come into force on 1 September 2016. Steel Structures Regulation prepared for the first time in Turkey has become official upon
issuance in Official Gazette no. 29614 dated 4 February 2016.