Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
The Journal of Interdisciplinary Educational Research, cilt.9, 2025 (Hakemli Dergi)
The purpose of the present study is to examine the professional resilience of instructors working at
Mustafa Kemal University in Hatay, the city most devastated by the February 6, 2023 Earthquakes in
Türkiye, which are described as the Disaster of the Century, and contributes to the discussions on teacher
resilience in higher education institutions by understanding how instructors continue their professions in
such a crisis situation. The study was designed as a qualitative study. The sample of the study was six
lecturers and this sample was selected using the convenience sampling method. Semi-structured
interviews were used as data collection tools and the data were analysed using thematic analysis method.
As a result of the study, instructors experienced psychological, emotional, physical, housing problems and
lack of hardware during the post-disaster teaching period, but despite these difficulties, they developed
teaching resilience.