Turkey needs your help after 2 major Earthquakes!

The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye on February 6, 2023, caused widespread destruction in the country.

The quake concentrated on the town of Pazarcik, in Turkey’s southeastern Kahramanmaras province, and was followed by a 7.5 quake and several powerful aftershocks.More than 25,000 people have died from the disaster in Turkey. 

Rescue efforts continue to be the top priority, with some 25,000 deployed in Turkey and thousands more sent in from overseas — but a bitter winter storm now threatens the lives of the survivors and of those still trapped under rubble. While the process over the disaster arouses great sadness in people, you can give hope to thousands of people with your help.

WHO IS AHBAP? 

The association aims to provide all kinds of assistance to the needy people, in kind and in cash, to strengthen the awareness of cooperation in the society, to serve the building of good people and good society, to create modern and sustainable networks of cooperation and solidarity with new cooperation models and projects, to protect the local culture and to use today’s technological opportunities. Was established with the aim of contributing to its development and moving to the future.

WHO IS NEEDS MAP?

Needs Map is a social cooperative that brings people in need together with individuals, institutions and organizations that want to support. Needs Map was established in 2015 as a non-profit organization with the status of a Social Cooperative. It facilitates cooperation and solidarity in different areas such as education, health, culture & arts, and sports through verified geospatial data technology and community-based verification functionality.

WHO IS TEV?

55 years ago, the late Vehbi Koç gathered together 205 business people, faculty members and intellectuals to promote education. In 1967, following a massive effort unimaginable considering the conditions of Turkey at that time, they established the Turkish Education Foundation to support the education of young people. They knew that a skilled new generation was necessary to develop this country, and that this could only be achieved through education. This courageous movement brought the Turkish Education Foundation to life through a spirit of solidarity.

WHO IS AFAD?

Turkey ranks third in the world in terms of earthquake-related casualties and eighth with regard to the total number of people affected. Every year, the country experiences at least one 5 magnitude earthquake – which renders the proper management and coordination of disasters absolutely crucial.

Turkey’s disaster policy dates back to the aftermath of the 1939 Erzincan earthquake, which claimed nearly 33.000 lives and left at least 100.000 injured. Two decades later, the Turkish Parliament adopted the Law on Precautions to be Taken due to Disaster Affecting Public Life and Assistance to be Provided (No.7269) in order to fill the long-existing legal void. The legislative effort on disaster continued with the 1988 by-law on the Principles of the Organization and Planning of Emergency Assistance Regarding Disasters.

WHO IS KIZILAY?

“Providing aid for needy and defenseless people indisasters and usual periods as a proactive organization,developing cooperation in the society, providing safeblood and decreasing vulnerability”.

“Organisation which is taken as a model in Humanitarian aid service in Turkey and in the world; and the Organisation which is with people in their hardest time”.