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Unreinforced masonry buildings, TBEC-2018, design of masonry buildings, evaluation of existing buildings Highlights * Turkish Building Earthquake Code-2018 * Design of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings * Evaluation of existing unreinforced masonry buildings Aim To evaluate the TBEC-2018 Masonry Buildings' Section. Location TurkeyMethods URM building cases were redesigned and evaluated under TBEC-2018 for a comparative analysis. ResultsNew URM buildings can be built and existing ones can be preserved only in the areas with less than 0.10g ground acceleration, according to TBEC-2018 provisions. The code should be revised considering international earthquake codes and the past experiences.