2020 has been an unprecedented year, with COVID-19 challenging our traditional methods of support as humanitarians. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of our private and professional lives, including the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) humanitarian actions in Turkey. How are we to support the lives of people…
Assessment and Context Since 2014, Turkey has hosted the largest population of persons under temporary and international protection in the world. In 2020, the number of Syrians under temporary protection passed 3.6 million, while Turkey also hosts approximately 320,000 international protection applicants and status holders from other countries. The Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP)…
As of 2020, the Açık Açık Association consists 120 civil society organizations, established established with the purpose of bringing together donors with transparent and accountable associations and foundations that recognize donor rights. Due to being an umbrella organization, it is knowledgeable about the activities, works, and areas of competence of the NGOs on its platform…
With funding provided by the German Government since 2015, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has carried out activities in Turkey for Syrian refugees; in this context, GIZ supports refugees and populations in need in the host society mainly in Southeast Turkey. The close collaborations GIZ conducts with relevant ministries, local NGOs, and local governments…
At INGEV (Human Development Foundation), we support human development by conducting goal-oriented research and implementation programs as well as advocacy. We aim to properly design implementation projects through social research. We produce guidance reports on important issues in the pandemic environment through research such as digital governance opportunities in local governments, social media image, social…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) for nearly 30-years has supported development of the Government of Turkey’s capacity to manage migration by addressing all aspects of migration in Turkey. IOM continues the efforts Turkey is conducting on meeting the needs of immigrants, humanitarian aid, workforce integration, migration and border management, and promoting social cohesion between…
Since its establishment to the present, the Turkish Foundation for Children in Need of Protection has maintained our country’s activities regarding children in need of protection in public and community relations in accordance with its official memorandum. Having gained practical experience by providing long-term services to more than 400 children for the more than 40…
Developing projects in every area that touches humans from education abroad and at home to the support activities of social and charitable services, the Turkiye Diyanet Foundation [Turkey’s Religious Foundation] alongside other non-governmental organizations in Turkey in the field of humanitarian aid have lead the Turkish nation’s helping hand to the oppressed and the victimized….
For the last six years, Turkey has been hosting to the world’s largest asylum-seeker and refugee population of nearly 4 million, 3.6 million of whom are Syrians under temporary protection. Only 1.6% of this population (around 59,000 people) live in Temporary Accommodation Centers; the vast majority live in and around cities or in the rural…
Turkey continues to host the largest refugee population in the world. In 2020, the number of refugees and migrants in Turkey was around 4 million, almost half of whom are children. The Government of Turkey has shouldered the bulk of the financial costs related to the refugee response in Turkey. As the displacement situation remains…
