UNINTERRUPTED HUMANITARIAN AID IS CONTINUING FOR SYRIAN CITIZENS

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
PRIME MINISTRY
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRESIDENCY

PRESS RELEASE
(AUGUST 09, 2012)

UNINTERRUPTED HUMANITARIAN AID IS CONTINUING FOR SYRIAN CITIZENS


              As of today, 50.227 Syrian Citizens have been sheltered in 8 tent cities and a container city established by Prime Ministry AFAD.

              5 tent cities in Hatay, 2 tent cities in Şanlıurfa, a tent city in Gaziantep and a container city in Kilis, has a capacity to shelter 12.000 people, have been established by our Presidency.


              In response to displacement lived due to the interior conflicts in Syria, camps have been established in 4 cities and all kind of humanitarian relief for  more than 80.000 Syrian Citizens have been supplied by Prime Ministry AFAD until today.

              It has been provided services such as sheltering, food, health, security, social activities, education, worship, translatorship, communication, banking and other services in tent cities and containers by related organizations and institutions within the coordination of our Presidency.

              Our Presidency, which is authority organization to conduct cooperation in time of national and international disaster and emergencies on behalf of our country, has conducted the coordination in tent cities and container city.

             The camps, have been established with allocation provided by our Presidency, include schools, mosques, centers of commercial, police and medical, press brifing agency, playing field for children, units for watching TV, reservoir, purification center, transformers and generators.

             Hot meals for Syrian Citizens have been supplied three times a day in tent cities and container city.        

             On August 08 - 09, 2012, 2.219 Syrian Citizens went into our country and 71 Citizens voluntarily returned to their country.

              •Until today, 80.971 Syrian Citizens have gone into our country.

              •Until today, 30.744 Citizens returned to their country.

              •As of today, 10.662 Syrian Citizens in Hatay, 7.879 Citizens in Gaziantep (Nurdağı-Islahiye), 12.030 Citizens in Kilis and 19.195 Citizens in Şanlıurfa (Ceylanpınar) have being sheltered in our country. (Total number is 49.766)

              •461 people have been in hospitals, 417 of whom are injured and patients.

             •Included the injured and patients, the total number of Syrian Citizens in our country is 50.227

             Preschool, primary and secondary education has being provided for 4.511 Syrian children and youth in total ( with 35 classes for 805 students in Hatay, 420 of them are girls and 385 are boys,  with 64 classes for 2.690 students in Kilis, with 4 preschools and 4 classes for 416 students in Gaziantep and with 12 classes for 600 stundents in Şanlıurfa.)




            Deep respect and appreciate.


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