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Objective: It is aimed to analyze comparatively the levels of consideration and application of the relationship between disasters and the phenomenon of development, which is one of the first factors that come to mind in determining the level of success of disaster management, within the framework of the tradition of five-year development planning that has been put into practice since the 1960s, which represents the beginning of the "Planned Period" in Turkey and to evaluate the holistic relationship among the plans.
Material and Methods: The relationship level between disasters and development were highlighted by scanning 30 selected words related to the phenomenon of disaster in 11 development plans, which are included in the system of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey Strategy and Budget Department (access address: https://www.sbb.gov.tr), the institution responsible for planning at the national level in Turkey, and the contents of all development plans were analyzed in terms of their level of inclusion in disaster management policies in a comparative framework.
Results: As a result of scanning the contents of 11 development plans in terms of issues related to disaster management, the number of development plans that included the provisions and evaluations of "Disaster Management" in planning at the national level under a separate heading is determined as 3. It is determined that the content of the remaining 8 development plans included independent or superficial statements about modern disaster management approaches. In the plans that regulate the issue of disaster management under a separate heading, it is observed that the phenomenon of disaster is also associated with other sectoral topics at varying levels. In these sectoral evaluations, it is determined that some concepts related to disaster are handled in a context that serves the economic development concern beyond the perception of risk and danger.
Conclusion: The fact that the disaster phenomenon in Turkey has been neglected for many years in the national development plans, which are at the top of the planning hierarchy and form the basis for the preparation of other high and low-level plans, has adversely affected the level of success of administrative and legal acts at local, regional and national levels in both natural and human-made disasters. The integrity and continuity relationship between the plans remained at a low level in general.