In order to understand the possible effects of tsunamis in the region affecting Göcek Bay, the
tsunami source parameters, that can create a tsunami possible to hit the Fethiye Peninsula, are
computed using Eastern Mediterranean fault mechanisms, prepared in the EU funded TRANSFER
project. The tsunami simulations are performed using NamiDANCE in one domain covering Göcek
Bay for selected tsunami case. NamiDANCE is software developed by the corporation of METU
OERC and Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University Department of Computer Engineering (URL
2). Tsunami numerical modeling by NAMI DANCE is based on the solution of nonlinear form of the
long wave equations with respect to related initial and boundary conditions. There were several
numerical solutions of long wave equations for tsunamis. Among those, the explicit numerical
solution of Nonlinear Shallow Water (NSW) is preferable since it uses reasonable computer time and memory, and also provides the results in acceptable error limit (Shuto et al, 1990)