Red Crescent President’s Rough Out on “No Tent” Debates

occurred on February 6 and more than 40 thousand After the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes, which cost the lives of our citizens, various discussions took place. While some argue that those responsible for such a serious destruction should be held accountable, others deficiencies in the earthquake zone. focused. In this context; One of the most discussed issues after February 6 was the supply of tents.

As such, one of the addressees of the issue Turkish Red Crescent Associationwas. Abdulkadir Selvi from HürriyetTurkish Red Crescent President Kerem Kınık answered the questions of got into the controversy. Come together, “There are tents with AFAD written on them, we plant most of those tents for AFAD.Let’s look at the statements made by Kerem Kınık.

“The Red Crescent supplied 54 thousand tents to the earthquake zone”

“He asked Kızılay, “Didn’t you even have a tent?” There were those who said, how many tents did you have when the earthquake happened?Abdulkadir Selvi, who asked a question like “, received the following answer from Kerem Kınık:

“40 thousand from our warehouses in Turkey, nearly 14 thousand from our overseas warehouses and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Federation. We have shipped approximately 54 thousand tents.. We handed them over to AFAD and helped them set up.”

To Kerem Kınık reminiscent of the debates Abdulkadir Selvi, “It is said that Kızılay does not have a single tent, but you say that we have given 54 thousand tents.“He said. Turkish Red Crescent Association President Kerem Kınık spoke as follows:

“There are tents with AFAD written on them, we are planting most of those tents for AFAD.. AFAD supplies tents both from Kızılay and from other private companies. Since AFAD is responsible for shelter, we give it to them. In the early days, AFAD used our logo along with its own logo. Thus, our crescent, which the collective memory was looking for in the field, was also visible, but then only own corporate logos they chose to position. When there was an earthquake, we sent all of our support capacity to the region.”