ABSTRACT: The Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes, which occurred on February 6, 2023 and have been the disaster of the century, caused the death of more than fifty thousand of our citizens and an economic loss of over 100 billion dollars, affecting Türkiye very seriously and severely disrupting the sustainable development goals. In addition to the earthquakes, Türkiye is exposed to many different types of disasters, especially floods and forest fires. Many of our citizens lose their lives every year, economic losses occur and the whole society is affected by disasters psychologically. This data shows us that policies that will combat disasters at the desired level have not yet been developed. In order to minimize the effects of possible disasters, many studies need to be carried out on different subjects and areas by looking at the event holistically. Among these studies, emergency and disaster management plans have an important place. Many regulations regarding the preparation of these plans have been made in many laws and regulations published at different times since 1945. The aim of this article is to reveal chronologically how disaster and emergency management plans have developed in the historical process, to provide information about Türkiye’s Disaster Response plan dated 2014 and 2022, to guide the preparation of the plans, to contribute to their effective implementation, and to draw attention to the importance and necessity of the issue..