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Turkey disaster management modernization

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In mid‑July 2026 2026, the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Council approved a nationwide aerial aid and evacuation system, to be run jointly by the Ministry of National Defense and AFAD. The council, chaired by Deputy Interior Minister Dr. Mehmet Cangir, also addressed the identification of risky structures under Law No. 6306 and actions under the Turkey Post‑Disaster Recovery Plan, reinforcing the “Ready and Resilient Turkey” agenda. A week later later, the Istanbul Development Agency launched a multi‑year project to digitise disaster management in the city. The programme will deliver city, delivering a real‑time command dashboard that fuses UAV imagery with GIS analytics, mobile apps for field teams, AI‑driven risk modelling, and 3‑D digital twins and automated damage assessment, with pilot zones and training involving municipal utilities, AFAD and local universities. twins. Concurrently, AFAD and Istanbul Technical University (ITU) signed a protocol to build a national observation and decision‑support platform for landslides, rockfalls rockfalls, and earthquake‑triggered mass movements. The system will integrate movements, integrating InSAR, LiDAR LiDAR, and satellite data with AI models, linking to AFAD’s Disaster Risk Reduction System (ARAS) and an early‑warning centre that prioritises hospitals, schools, dams and transport infrastructure. data. In early August, a three‑year AI‑driven Geohazard Monitoring and Risk Analytics Platform was piloted. Jointly developed by ITU’s Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences and AFAD, it the system analyses satellite‑derived LiDAR and InSAR data every 12–16 days to detect landslides, sinkholes, subsidence and other hazards subsidence affecting critical infrastructure. infrastructure such as hospitals, tunnels, and railways. When risks are flagged, on‑site sensors are deployed and a digital interface provides to provide forecasts to government agencies, extending Turkey’s shift toward integrated, AI‑enabled disaster response and recovery. agencies. By mid-August, the Istanbul Forest Regional Directorate expanded these technological efforts to forest fire management. Its Fire Coordination Center utilizes management using AI-driven modeling to predict fire direction and monitors the landscape 24/7 via UAVs, high-resolution UAV monitoring. Additionally, at the Big Data Management in Disasters Symposium in Ankara, AFAD President Ali Hamza Pehlivan highlighted the shift from crisis to risk management, noting that the Disaster Management and Decision Support System (AYDES) now integrates approximately 155 satellite systems, 155,000 cameras, and observation towers. 87,000 vehicles.

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  1. 2026-08-16 16:30 UTC Turkey disaster management modernization
  2. 2026-08-11 07:56 UTC Turkey disaster management modernization
  3. 2026-08-05 20:26 UTC Turkey disaster management modernization

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