From the Editor
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According to international reports, 7000 natural disasters have occurred in our world in the last 20 years and nearly one and a half million people have lost their lives. In fact, it has been published in the United Nations "Human Costs of Disasters" (UNDDR ;2020) reports that while four billion people are affected by natural disasters, material losses reach three trillion US dollars.
In the 1999 East Marmara Earthquake, one of the most important disasters Turkey has experienced in the last 25 years, 30,000 people lost their lives. According to the report published by Yıldırım Beyazıt University Migration Policy Centre in April 2023, more than 50,000 lives were lost in the earthquakes with continuous aftershocks that started on February 6, 2023 in Kahramanmaraş. On the other hand, 37,000 buildings were destroyed and more than two million people started to live in tents and containers. In addition, at least three and a half million of the 14 million people living in 11 provinces in the region have forcibly migrated to other cities of Turkey.
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From the Editor
Abstract
According to international reports, 7000 natural disasters have occurred in our world in the last 20 years and nearly one and a half million people have lost their lives. In fact, it has been published in the United Nations "Human Costs of Disasters" (UNDDR ;2020) reports that while four billion people are affected by natural disasters, material losses reach three trillion US dollars.
In the 1999 East Marmara Earthquake, one of the most important disasters Turkey has experienced in the last 25 years, 30,000 people lost their lives. According to the report published by Yıldırım Beyazıt University Migration Policy Centre in April 2023, more than 50,000 lives were lost in the earthquakes with continuous aftershocks that started on February 6, 2023 in Kahramanmaraş. On the other hand, 37,000 buildings were destroyed and more than two million people started to live in tents and containers. In addition, at least three and a half million of the 14 million people living in 11 provinces in the region have forcibly migrated to other cities of Turkey.
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