Abstract
The aim of this study is to determine vulnerabilitiy and catascrophic indexes of the provinces of Turkey and to determine the current situation and deficiencies of these provinces against disasters and to guide the decision makers.
 The study was prepared with a semi-numerical method and the scope of the study was all provinces of our country. The study covers the period 2015-2017 and it has been applied to all provinces of Turkey. Prevalent Vulnerability Index (PVI) consists of 24 sub-factors and the index value is between 0 and 1. 
 The first four provinces with the highest index average for 2015-2017 are Şanlıurfa, Şırnak, Mardin and Diyarbakır. The provinces with the lowest value were Giresun, Trabzon, Artvin and Rize. In addition, 40.74% of our provinces were in the high vulnerability category, while 59.26% were in the middle index category. There were no provinces in the low index category.
 As a result, while it was seen that our country was not at the desired level in terms of vulnerability in the international arena, it was remarkable that in national context, the less developed regions or provinces of our country were in a worse position than the other provinces in terms of vulnerability.
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