Behalf of the National Technical University of Athens, who works in the Ayasofya Prof. Dr. Antonia Moropolou, Ayasofya in the construction of the mortar used during the earthquake, the energy released by absorbing prevent damage to said, "prior to the 1999 earthquake, the composition and structural properties of a monument on the 7th of violence can cope with an earthquake was sure we were," he said.

Athens National Technical, University of Princeton and the Bosphorus, St. Ayasofya building materials and construction efforts for 16 years on the static assessment results of "conservation of Ayasofya Greek Cooperation" has Greek and English were collected in a scientific publication.