Turkish Red Crescent

"Kizilay" redirects here. For other uses, see Kızılay (disambiguation).
Turkish Red Crescent
Türk Kızılayı
Charitable organization
Founded 1868 (as Hilâl-i Ahmer Cemiyeti)
1935
Headquarters Ankara, Turkey
Website http://www.kizilay.org.tr

Turkish Red Crescent (Turkish: Türk Kızılayı (official) or Kızılay (for short)) is the largest humanitarian organization in Turkey and is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

The organization was founded under the Ottoman Empire in 1868,partly in response to the experience of the Crimean War, in which disease overshadowed battle as the main cause of death and suffering among Turkish soldiers. It was the first Red Crescent society of its kind and one of the most important charity organizations in the Muslim world[1]

The Society is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based social service institution providing unconditional aid and service, and is a corporate body governed by special legal provisions[2]

History

The organization was founded under the Ottoman Empire on 11 June 1868 and was named "Hilâl-i Ahmer Cemiyeti".[2]

It later took on the names;[2]

"Ottoman Red Crescent Society” in 1877,

“Turkey’s Red Crescent Community” in 1923

“Turkish Red Crescent Community” in 1935 and

“Turkish Red Crescent Society” in 1947

It was renamed Kızılay by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1935,[2] after the foundation of the Republic of Turkey in 1923.

Beginning with the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), the Turkish Red Crescent Society has provided medical relief to soldiers in all battlefields in which Turkey was present, through mobile and fixed hospitals, patient transportation services, hospital vessels, trained nurses and volunteers. It has provided humanitarian care regardless of nationality to all civilians affected by war. It has been involved in disaster relief and aid in natural disasters in Turkey. It has participated in international relief and response activities.[2]

Examples of disaster relief activities include;[3]

Activities[4]

See also

References

  1. "Red Crescent Archives (Turkey) - HAZINE". HAZINE. 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Kızılayı, Türk. "Türk Kızılayı | Türk Kızılay". www.kizilay.org.tr. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  3. "The Turkish Red Crescent Society, from past to present". www.redcross.int. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  4. Kızılayı, Türk. "Türk Kızılayı | NelerYapıyoruz". www.kizilay.org.tr. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
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  7. Kızılayı, Türk. "Türk Kızılayı | Türk Kızılay". www.kizilay.org.tr. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  8. Kızılayı, Türk. "Türk Kızılayı | Türk Kızılay". www.kizilay.org.tr. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  9. Kızılayı, Türk. "Türk Kızılayı | Türk Kızılay". www.kizilay.org.tr. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  10. Kızılayı, Türk. "Türk Kızılayı | Türk Kızılay". www.kizilay.org.tr. Retrieved 2016-05-04.


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