A large-scale humanitarian aid campaign was launched by Hope Caravan Foundation, European Orphan Hand, Orphans Foundation, and IHO EBRAR to aid people who were affected by the deadly earthquake in southern Türkiye and northern Syria.

According to a statement by the NGO officials, since the earthquakes on February 6, 156 trucks of humanitarian aid have been sent to earthquake-stricken provinces, including Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Gaziantep, Osmaniye, Diyarbakır, Adıyaman, Malatya, Şanlıurfa, Adana, and Kilis.

A total of 1118 volunteers for the NGOs are taking part in charitable activity in the field, the statement said.

On February 6, a violent earthquake with multiple aftershocks struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria.

In total there have been at least 42,310 deaths across 10 provinces and an additional 108,000 people were injured in Türkiye.

Over 7,000 people were killed and 7,285 were injured in Syria.

At least 13.5 million people and 4 million buildings were affected. Thousands were trapped under rubble when buildings collapsed.

Leaders of many countries offered condolences to Turkey and Syria.

Right after the earthquake, 95 countries and 16 international organizations offered aid to Turkey, and 6,479 rescue personnel from 56 countries were deployed to Turkey. ()

On the other hand, outreach to Syria was “less enthusiastic”, owing to the political situation in Syria. (ILKHA)