AN ASSESSMENT ON CLIMATOLOGICAL, METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL DISASTERS THAT OCCURRED IN TURKEY IN THE LAST 30 YEARS (1987-2017)

• Main Authors: MEHMET ALİ ÇELİK, HÜSEYİN BAYRAM, SELMAN ÖZÜPEKÇE
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Marmara University 2018-07-01
• Series: International Journal of Geography and Geography Education
• Subjects: Extreme Climatological Events; Disaster; Flood; Fire; Turkey
• Online Access: http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/501105

This study aims to assess the frequencies of meteorological, hydrological and climatological disasters that occurred due to extreme climate conditions in Turkey in the last 30 years, identify the regions and provinces with the highest frequency of such disasters, and factors affecting such disasters. In this assessment, extreme meteorological events in the provinces where such climatological disasters were effective were collected from sources such as various disaster reports (World Disasters Report, etc.), the Turkish Disaster Archives (TUAA), and the disaster data system of the Turkish Disaster Data Bank. Considering regions where climatological, meteorological and hydrological disasters were frequent in this period, the Eastern Anatolia Region which witnessed 2507 climatological disasters in the last 30 years ranks first. The second region which witnessed the highest number of climatological disasters is the Black Sea Region with 1359 events, followed by the Aegean Region in the third place with 1340 events. These are followed by the Marmara Region, the Mediterranean Region, the Central Anatolia Region and the Southeastern Anatolia Region.