Türkiye’s National Medical Rescue Team (UMKE) in 2023
Şükrü Yorulmaz
Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Emergency Health Services
Known by the acronym UMKE in Türkiye, the National Medical Rescue Team began 2023 with the simple expectation of conducting drills and expanding its volunteer base. This all changed on 6 February when, at 4:17 a.m., the first of a series of earthquakes now referred to internationally as the Türkiye–Syria earthquakes struck southeastern Türkiye, impacting…