Content Analysis of Twitter Conversations Associated with Turkey–Syria Earthquakes

This research study performs content analysis of Twitter discussions associated with the earthquakes that occurred in Turkey and Syria in 2023. The authors investigated the main themes and topics of the discussions, expressed in the tweets. A dataset of tweets related to this topic has been collected using relevant hashtags and keywords. The obtained data has been analyzed using both manual and automated state-of-the-art methods. As the main findings of this study it has been observed that the most common themes in the tweets were expressions of sympathy and solidarity, calls for help and financial support, and news updates about the earthquakes. As per this proposed study, Twitter offers a worthwhile forum for people to express their state of mind and responses to natural catastrophes and may be used to segment information and assembly assistance in the times of need.