“…Numerous researchers have conducted experiments to develop correlations for various locations in Turkey, e.g. Gebze (Dincer et al, 1995;Tiris and Tiris, 1997;Sen and Tan, 2001), Elazig (Togrul and Onat, 1999), Trabzon (Kaygusuz, 1999), Antalya (Ertekin and Yaldiz, 1999;Ertekin and Yaldiz, 2000), Izmir (Ulgen and Hepbasli, 2002) and also for Turkey's general values (Tasdemiroglu and Sever, 1991a;Tasdemiroglu and Sever, 1991b).…”