The world extended a helping hand: Search and rescue teams arrive in Turkey
As Turkey was rocked by earthquakes yesterday, messages of support from around the world gave way to search and rescue efforts.
The teams that left Cologne, Germany, arrived in Turkey.
Immediately after the earthquake, names and high-level officials from the countries of the European Union, the US, China, Israel, Mexico, Japan, Ukraine, Russia and the Arab countries sent messages of condolence, and it was announced that support would be sent from many countries.
Greece sent supplies and crews to Turkey.
When 24 hours passed after the earthquake, many countries sent relief teams to Turkey. As teams from the International Organization for Research and Rescue (ISAR) from Cologne, Germany arrived in Turkey last night, an aid movement arrived from Israel.
Specially trained teams and dogs were sent from Mexico to participate in the search and rescue efforts.
Humanitarian aid teams affiliated with the Israeli Defense Ministry also arrived in Turkey. The humanitarian aid delegation called “Olive Branch” went to the earthquake zone with relief supplies.
A delegation and supplies and relief supplies were sent from Israel.
Help began to arrive from Mexico across the ocean… Mexican search and rescue teams left for Turkey. In the photos shared by the Mexican government, it can be seen that many soldiers are loading food and aid material on the planes.
Mexico sent a search and rescue team of 145 people to Turkey due to the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes with epicenter in Kahramanmaraş, which affected 10 provinces, at the instruction of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Hundreds of relief teams were sent from Mexico.
In his statement at the airport, Bernardo Aguilar Calvo, General Director of the European Department of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said: “We are about to board a Mexican Air Force plane with 93 members of the Ministry of Defense, 37 from the Navy, 15 Red Cross personnel, in order to help our brothers in Turkey. The goal is to try to save as many people alive as possible. We hope to arrive in Turkey soon,” he said.
Greece, with which relations have recently been strained, sent aid to Turkey in times of disaster. Greece, where relations have been strained recently, has also received a relief movement… After the earthquake, the Greek Disaster Response Special Teams, who sent a condolence message, arrived in Turkey. The relief team was sent to Turkey by a plane belonging to the Greek air force.
Aid teams from Romania were sent to the region.
It was announced that a team from Romania was also sent to Turkey. In photos taken from Romania and shared by Reuters, it was announced that response teams from the Romanian Emergency Unit took action to assist search and rescue efforts in Turkey.
Teams from Serbia arrived in Adana.
Firefighters and rescuers from Serbia arrived in Turkey.
US HELP MESSAGE
Samantha Power, director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announced that they have assigned personnel from two separate fire departments as the Disaster Response Team (DART) to help those left under rubble in earthquakes. occurred in Turkey.
In a written statement, Power said: “I was devastated by the news of the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria this morning. It was the worst earthquake in the region in almost a century. Thousands of people have already lost their lives and many more are under the rubble. “My best wishes are with the victims and their families, many of whom are already dealing with the brutal losses of the war in Syria, including refugees and host communities.”
The USAID manager stated that “a disaster response team has been identified and prepared for service that will work in close coordination with Turkish authorities, as well as partners and agencies on the ground to begin relief efforts in the area of the earthquake”.
Power reported that USAID’s Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team, selected from the Fairfax, Virginia, and Los Angeles, California, fire departments, is in the process of being deployed.
Power stressed that the United States is committed to providing life-saving emergency humanitarian aid to both sides of the Turkey-Syria border, while the DART team is still trying to rescue those trapped under the rubble.
On the other hand, Virginia USAR shared the information on Twitter that the unit, made up of 79 members and 6 dogs, is ready to fly to Turkey. The USAR team will take off from the Dover military base in Maryland to fly to the Incirlik airbase in Turkey.
EL SALVADOR: WE WILL SEND A RELIEF PLANE
The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced that he will send a search and rescue team to Turkey after the earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş.
In a post in Turkish on his Twitter account, Bukele said: “El Salvador will send an aid plane with more than 100 people to Turkey in the next few hours, along with search and rescue teams, civil protection, firefighters and rescue dogs. . We continue to pray for the Turkish people who suffered from two devastating earthquakes.
FRANCE: A SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM OF 136 PEOPLE IS ON ROUTE
It has been reported that 2 search and rescue teams of 136 people, sent by France due to the earthquakes with epicenter in Kahramanmaraş and affecting 10 provinces, have left.
This is how the search and rescue teams that left France were seen. (Photo: AA)
In a statement on Twitter, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna stated that 2 search and rescue teams of 136 people on shipwrecks from the French Interior Ministry are on their way to Turkey.
In a written statement from the French Foreign Ministry, it was said that 10 search and rescue dogs were sent along with the relief team. The French Civil Defense unit also shared on Twitter the images of the rescue team that left for Turkey. (AGENCIES)
Source: Sozcu
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