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The share of national income of the provinces in the earthquake zone is
9.3 percent; the export share is 8.4 percent; Gaziantep, Adana and Hatay
are among the first three provinces with the highest share. Considering the
national income shares of the provinces located in the earthquake zone,
according to the 2021 data, it is seen that about half of the national income
generated in the region is provided by Gaziantep and Adana, and these two
provinces has a total share of 9.3 percent among the total of 11 provinces.
On the other hand, Adıyaman, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş and Malatya, faced the
greatest destruction in the earthquake and their GDP share is 2.8 percent.
Looking through the foreign trade volumes, it is observed that the export
share of the region is 8.6 percent and the import share is 7 percent based on
2022 data; half of the region’s exports are covered by Gaziantep, and the other
provinces with high export volumes are Adana and Hatay. These provinces
also stand out on the import side.

Diagram 2. Contributions of Earthquake Zone Provinces to Economic Activity
Source: TÜİK, TEPAV calculations
The total number of registered employees in the provinces in the earthquake
zone is 3.2 million accounting for 12.3 percent of the total employment.
According to the statistics of insured employees, when the employment
structure of the region is examined, the number of insured paid employees
in the provinces located in the disaster zone is 2.3 million, the number of
tradesman-farmers is 437 thousand, and the number of public employees is
494.4 thousand by the end of 2022. Compared to the country average, it is
observed that the shares of tradesman-farmer and public employee numbers

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