Turkiye has been most affected by earthquakes among the disasters it has experienced. Destructive earthquakes have caused the most life and property loss throughout the history of the Republic. Reducing earthquake risks is one of the most important parts of Turkiye's disaster management. The fundamental element of earthquake risks is the stock of buildings with low or insufficient earthquake resistance. To reduce earthquake risks, three main activities should be carried out in the existing building stock: These can be expressed as the controlled demolition of buildings with insufficient earthquake resistance, strengthening buildings with low earthquake resistance, and taking measures for non-structural damages in buildings with sufficient earthquake resistance. To conduct these studies, it is necessary to know the inventory of the existing building stock. Unfortunately, there are significant deficiencies in this information in Turkiye. The priority work to be done in this regard is the preparation of Building Stock and Building Inventory Creation Standards. Subsequently, as first proposed in this study, classifying their building stock inventories within their own organizations according to the Building Inventory Content Classification System should be a priority activity. Following these studies, a building stock inventory should be created for each settlement area in a city. Thanks to this inventory, risk analyses can be performed with high accuracy, and earthquake risks can be significantly reduced. In conclusion, the building stock inventory will provide effective benefits for both earthquake risk reduction efforts and damage assessment studies.