Unified industrial buildings against earthquake [seismic] forces 1

There are many, many books, codes, and standards appropriate for this type of work.

The problem is that these areas don't have the laws which adopt the codes, the temerity, willpower and manpower to enforce the codes, the resources to construct the structures properly, enough qualified engineers to perform the designs, or the society to demand all of the above goes into effect.

Sometimes, as in the case of the clowns running Turkey and Syria, the leadership is stupid, short-sighted, and self-serving. It's difficult to create and run a high-functioning society against these odds.

thanks for your response
I guess poor regulations are everywhere in seismic hazards regions
if you could pin-point some practical steel-supporting study of long concrete chimney [stack], trying to make a theoretical comparative FEM-study and some starting point of real structure dimensions

Tall stacks are typically wind governed even in high seismic areas.

The best starting points are likely the asce guidelines for design and retrofit of petrochemical facilities.

A lot of that has also been incorporated into asce 7 at this point.

Past that it depends on the equipment. Some standards have really good treatments like API 650. Others are irritatingly silent.

Also, I don't think this is a question of good vs bad countries. Western countries aren't great at this either.