A 7.7 magnitude earthquake occurred in Kahramanmaraş at 04:17 on Monday, February 6, with its epicenter in the Pazarcık district. Then, at 13:24, another earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 occurred, with its epicenter in the Elbistan district of Kahramanmaraş.
There are difficulties in delivering aid to the affected areas, where thousands of buildings have collapsed, and the number of dead and injured is in the thousands and, unfortunately, increasing.
Even though emergency relief organizations have difficulties reaching the disaster zone, they struggle to overcome the obstacles, get to the affected areas, and increase coordination. In this catastrophe that has deeply wounded the whole country, our people are united and trying to deliver aid to the earthquake victims in the region and somehow help to heal their wounds. In this context, here you can find the contact information of various organizations carrying out search and rescue activities in the region.
AFAD
The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) report to the Ministry of Interior and coordinates all public institutions and non-governmental organizations working on earthquakes.
AFAD announced that those who want to help disaster victims could send an SMS to 1866 by typing “DEPREM”. The cost of the SMS is 20 Turkish liras.
AKUT
AKUT (Search and Rescue Association), Türkiye’s first voluntary search and rescue association, participates in earthquake-affected regions with many teams.
AKUT transparently publishes how they spend their donations on its website. AKUT accepts donations via credit card, money order/EFT, or SMS through its official website. www.akut.org.tr/bagis-yap www.akut.org.tr/bagis-yap
Kızılay
Turkish Red Crescent announced that it has directed all its shelter, food, nutrition and blood services capacity to the earthquake-affected areas. The organization has issued an urgent call for blood donation all over Turkey.
Kızılay accepts donations in many ways through its website. www.kizilay.org.tr/bagis
Afet Platform
Afet Platform is a network established after the 2000 Elazig earthquake, in which many non-governmental organizations such as AKUT, Ahbap, Dünya Doktorları, World Human Relief are stakeholders.
Platform, those who want to volunteer to participate in post-earthquake fieldwork: shared a form on their Twitter account (@AfetPlatformu) www.twitter.com/AfetPlatformu
Ahbap Platform
The aid and solidarity network Ahbap announced that it moved to the regions affected by the earthquake with its team of 650 people.
Haluk Levent from the board of directors of the association; shared the information of the governor’s special permission support account for tents, dry food, blankets and many other needs.
Ahbap Derneği
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Needs Map
Established in 2015, Needs Map is a social cooperative that brings people in need together with individuals, institutions and organizations that want to support them. The teams have started to work on the needs determination in the field.
You can participate in the activities of the cooperative on the website afetharitasi.org
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