Cases / Insurance, liability and compensation funds · Türkiye · 2023–2025
Turkish public quake pool paid TL 39.7 billion after 2023 earthquakes
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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
DASK, Türkiye's public earthquake insurance pool, paid TL 39.7 billion on about 630,000 notifications after the February 2023 quakes. Insurance cover was about 56% nationally and 39.9% in Diyarbakır; the sources reviewed do not connect the scheme to nature or land use.
What?
DASK paid TL 39.7 billion on about 630,000 notifications after the 6 February 2023 earthquakes. CNBC-e
Where?
Türkiye; earthquakes centred on Kahramanmaraş; coverage figures given for Diyarbakır. CNBC-e
When?
Earthquakes on 6 February 2023; payments reported in February 2025. CNBC-e
Who?
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
A public pool pays earthquake claims; the sources reviewed do not describe its funding rules. CNBC-e
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
CNBC-e reported in February 2025 that DASK paid TL 39.7 billion on about 630,000 notifications after the 6 February 2023 earthquakes centred on Kahramanmaraş.
CNBC-e reported insurance cover of about 56% nationally and 39.9% in Diyarbakır.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: total economic losses of about $106 billion, of which about $6 billion was insured, and a 95% protection gap.
- None on record The coverage rates are not dated in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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