The Feminine and Masculine Dimensions of Earthquakes: A Gender-focused Sociological Research on the Victims of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş / Türkiye Earthquakes

Öz

Objective: The current study aims to make sociological inferences on the victims of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş / Türkiye earthquakes in terms of gender. Method: The participants of the study are 36 (19 women, 17 men) Kahramanmaraş / Türkiye earthquake doublet victims who were older than 18 and who settled to Samsun province of Türkiye after the disaster. The qualitative data were collected through in-depth interview technique and were analyzed through content analysis by using MAXQDA 2022 qualitative data analysis computer aided program to make contribution for increasing the reliability of the research. Findings: The findings of the study, which were compatible with those of the former disaster literature, indicated that the earthquake doublet occurred consecutively rocking 11 provinces of Türkiye had effects on each and every resident living in those area regardless as their genders. Conclusion: As women had already been vulnerable with pre-existing inequalities, this vulnerability further exacerbated and deepened, and a secondary disadvantage as being earthquake victims with more mortality rates make them experience multi-crisis.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Earthquake
• gender
• vulnerable populations

Depreme Bağlı Etkilerin Toplumsal Cinsiyet Sosyolojisi Odaklı Analizi: 2023 Kahramanmaraş / Türkiye Depremlerinin Dişil ve Eril Boyutu

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Amaç: Çalışma, 2023 Kahramanmaraş/Türkiye depremlerinin kurbanları hakkında toplumsal cinsiyet açısından sosyolojik çıkarımlarda bulunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Yöntem: Araştırmanın katılımcılarını, afet sonrası Türkiye'nin Samsun iline yerleşen 18 yaşından büyük 36 (19 kadın, 17 erkek) Kahramanmaraş/Türkiye deprem mağduru oluşturmaktadır. Derinlemesine görüşme tekniği ile toplanan nitel veriler, araştırmanın güvenirliğinin artırılmasına katkı sağlamak amacıyla MAXQDA 2022 bilgisayar destekli nitel veri analizi programı kullanılarak içerik analizi yoluyla çözümlenmiştir. Bulgular: Araştırmanın, önceki afet literatürüyle uyumlu bulguları, Türkiye'nin 11 ilinde peş peşe meydana gelen deprem ikilisinin, o bölgede yaşayan, cinsiyet ayrımı gözetmeksizin her bir bireyi etkilediğini göstermiştir. Sonuç: Kadınlar önceden var olan eşitsizliklerden ötürü zaten dezavantajlı ve kırılgan gruplarda olduklarından, bu kırılganlığın daha da şiddetlendiği ve derinleştiği; daha fazla ölüm oranıyla depremzede olmalarının ikincil bir dezavantaj olarak çoklu kriz yaşamalarına neden olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Deprem
• toplumsal cinsiyet
• kırılgan gruplar

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