2021 witnessed large fire disasters. In recent years, wildfires have led to serious social, economic, and ecological results not only in Türkiye, but also in different parts of the world. 12.6 million hectares (ha) of area was affected by Australia bushfires between August 2019 and March 20201. 4.1 million hectares of area was affected by…
JAN January 10th, 2021 Kalecik, Ankara: Earthquake (4.5) January 17th, 2021 Arsuz, Hatay: Flood and Flooding FEB February 2nd, 2021 Kırklareli: Flood and Flooding February 3rd, 2021 İzmir: Flood and Flooding MAR March 1st, 2021 4 provinces enter “Controlled Normalization Process” March 4th, 2021 Bingöl-Tatvan Helicopter Accident March 17th, 2021 Dereiçi, Yusufeli, Artvin: Village Fire…
These graphs depict how often a certain humanitarian aid topic appeared on the political agenda in 2021. All data was retrieved from Anadolu Agency’s database. Each keyword (disaster, earthquake, flood, blast, explosion, donation, humanitarian aid, blood donation, migration, migrant, asylum-seeker, refugee, volunteer, landslide, fire) were searched on the AA news database. The graphs illustrate how…
Source: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2020 Countries Hosting the Largest Number of Refugees Number of Migrants Living in the Country Number of Emigrants…
Source: Social Protection Statistics, 2020, Turkish Statistical Institute In 2020, official social protection expenditures increased by 20,9% compared to the previous year and reached 655 billion 599 million TRY. Social protection benefits constituted 98.5% of these expenditures. The distribution of social protection expenditures by years is presented in the table. Types of Social Protection Benefits …
References: Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Health Total Number of Cases Daily Number of Cases Daily Number of Recovered Patients Daily Number of Deaths…
We can analyze the migration case of Türkiye in 2021 within the context of regular migration, irregular migration, international protection, and social harmonization. This article briefly analyses key issues on human mobility in Türkiye between 1 January and 30 December 2021. Türkiye has been hosting more refugees in comparison to any other country in the…
Natural disasters occur frequently in Türkiye because of its geological, geographical and climatic characteristics. Unfortunately, we experienced loss of lives and properties to a great extent due to high levels of physical and social fragility in some regions, overpopulation, and unplanned settlement. Four natural disasters that occurred in Türkiye were listed on the International Disaster…
The most fundamental function of social services is to improve the lives of individuals, families, groups, and society, while the main perspective of it is social development. Social development concentrates on institutions of society, and it deals with the implementation of social programs. The agenda of social services as the implementation tool of social policies…
Disasters and Public Health Disasters caused by a natural phenomenon or human activity have been increasing across the world every passing year. According to the World Disasters Report, the most substantial increase has been observed in climate and weather-related disasters (floods, extreme weather events, storms, etc.), followed by geophysical and biological disasters.1 The same goes…
