The aim of this article is to elaborate on contemporary Turkish articles on natural disaster and grief. Although traumatic experiences have been a part of Turkish culture for hundreds of years, studies on psychological trauma are only a recent development in Turkey. The first Turkish article describing posttraumatic symptoms by Osman (1916) was followed by a lengthy period of silence on the topic of psychotrauma until 1970s. However, a dramatic increase in the number of scientific work and publications was observed after the 1999 Marmara earthquakes. Therefore, psychological trauma might be considered a neglected issue in the field of mental health. This current article summarizes the empirical research on natural disasters occurred in Turkey.
