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Our country is a country where many natural disasters, including earthquakes, storms and floods, heilans, rock falls, occur in the geographical location. Although the origins of these natural disasters are different, the most important being that affects is the human being. Thus, T.C. to protect the person from the effects of disasters, to improve the situation during disasters and emergencies and to act planned. A number of measures are taken by the Ministry of the Interior of Disaster and Emergency Management (AFAD). One of the important studies carried out in the framework of these measures taken prior to disasters is the identification and announcement of areas to be gathered during disasters and emergencies. Identification of these areas and informing the citizens prior to the disaster is extremely important. The detection of disasters and emergency gathering areas is carried out through both field observations and the Geographic Information Systems (CBS), which has recently played an important role in decision-making for administrators. Although the times are different according to their character in our country, the very frequent occurrence of natural disasters shows the need to identify pre-disastic gathering areas. According to this study, the map of the existing catastrophic and emergency gathering areas determined by the Gümüşhane Governorate of the Provincial Disaster and Emergency Directorate in the city of Gümüşhane has been drawn out, the accuracy of these areas has been discussed in the framework of the criteria determined by the AFAD and analysed where the most suitable gathering areas based on the spatial basis can be. With the cooperation of the Provincial Disaster and Emergency Directorate of the Gümüşhane Governorate and the province and district municipalities in Gümüşhane, a total of 134 gathering areas with an area of 626.571 m2 in the Gümüşhane province have been created from October 2019. These areas cover a population of 128,330 people, while the average area per person is 6 m2. In the city center selected as the work area, there are 24 gathering areas with an area of 107,890 m2 of the population of 40,728 people, which corresponds to an area of 2,65 m2 per person. In the framework of the study, the approach to settling these gathering areas on a spatial basis, which will give more positive results during disasters and emergencies, the best gathering areas have been identified, taking into account different geographical criteria such as population, inclination, land use, geology, height, distance to roads, buildings and flow beds from the criteria set by the AFAD. According to the relevant criteria, the most common natural disasters occurring in the Silverhouse have been identified by the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHS) and the most suitable collection areas with a substantial collision analysis. In addition to the existing 24 gathering areas in Silverhane, 26 alternative gathering areas have been identified. Before the study, only 3 neighborhoods suited to the criteria of the meeting area per person, with the recommended alternative areas this number increased to 12 neighborhoods and the current meeting area per person throughout the city reached 2.65 m2 to 4.6 m2. Thus, any catastrophe and emergency that may occur in the city of Gümüşhane is aimed at ensuring that the population in the city of Gümüşhane is quickly gathered in the right places and the population is gathered in safe areas away from the chaos until the provisional residence is prepared.

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Our country is a country where many natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, landslides and rock falls are experienced due to its location. Although the origins of these natural disasters are different, the most important asset they affect is human. Therefore, many measures are taken by Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency to protect people from the effects of disasters, to improve the situation during disasters and emergencies, and to act in a planned manner. One of the important works carried out within the scope of these precautions taken before disasters is the determination and announcement of the areas to be gathered during disasters and emergencies. It is extremely important to identify these areas and to inform the relevant citizens before the disaster. The identification of disaster and emergency meeting areas is carried out by both field observations and Geographical Information Systems, (GIS) which has played an important role in decision-making for administrators. The fact that natural disasters appear quite frequently in our country, although their times are different according to their characters, shows the fact that pre-disaster meeting areas are determined. In this study, the current disaster and emergency meeting areas determined by Gümüşhane Governorship Provincial Disaster and Emergency Directorate in the city of Gümüşhane were mapped, the accuracy of these areas were discussed within the framework of the criteria determined by Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency and the most suitable meeting areas based on spatial basis were analyzed. With the cooperation of Gümüşhane Governorship Provincial Disaster and Emergency Directorate and provincial and district municipalities in Gümüşhane, a total of 134 meeting areas with 626,571 m2 area have been created in Gümüşhane since October 2019. While these areas appeal to a population of 128,330, there is an average of 6 m2 per person. In the city center selected as the study area, there are 24 meeting areas with an area of 107,890 m2, corresponding to an area of 2.65 m2 per person, addressing a population of 40,728. The criteria set by the Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management include population, slope, land use, geology, elevation, roads, with the approach that these gathering areas are based on a spatial basis and will yield more positive results during disasters and emergencies, the most suitable gathering areas have been determined by taking into account different geographical criteria such as distance to buildings and streams. Considering the most common natural disasters in Gümüşhane, weights have been assigned to the relevant criteria with Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the most suitable gathering areas have been determined by weighted overlapping analysis. As a result of the analysis, 26 alternative meeting areas were determined in addition to the 24 available meeting areas in city of Gümüşhane. While only 3 neighborhoods comply with the criteria of meeting space per person before the study, this number has increased to 12 neighborhoods with the proposed alternative areas and the current gathering area per person in the city has increased from 2.65 m2 to 4.6 m2. Thus, it is aimed to gather the population of Gümüşhane in the right places in a short time in case of any disaster and emergency, and to gather the population in safe areas away from chaos until temporary shelters are prepared.