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Natural disasters are impact indicators, while technical accidents are pressure indicators. According to the Turkish Disaster Data Bank (TABB) data, a total of 27,049 disasters (excluding road/vehicle accidents) occurred between 1990 and 2018. Among them, other disasters ranked first with 8,114. This was followed by landslides with 7,616 and earthquakes (damaging earthquakes) with 1,871.

A total of 27,119 people died in disasters (excluding road/vehicle accidents) in Turkey between 1990 and 2018. Earthquakes (damaging earthquakes) claimed the most lives with 24,348 people.

GRAPH 159- TYPE AND THE OCCURANCES OF DISASTERS AND THE NUMBER OF DEATH

ACCORDING TO NATIONAL DISASTER ARCHIVE DATA BANK OF TURKEY (TABB) BETWEEN 1990-2018

Source: https://tabb-analiz.afad.gov.tr/Genel/Raporlar.aspx Note: Road / vehicle accidents are excluded.