Salih Tatlıcı Foundation has donated to the Red Crescent’s “Let’s Bind Up Our Wounds Together” relief campaign.
Helping earthquake victims is a humanitarian duty
Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said about the donation: “ 10 days have passed since the great earthquake disaster that caused great pain to our entire nation. We continue to hope for those who are waiting to be rescued from under the rubble. For those who continue to live in the region, vital needs such as shelter and heating, food, clothing, and hygiene are increasing by the day. That is why, as the Salih Tatlici Foundation, we wholeheartedly support the “Let’s Bind Up our wounds together” campaign organized by our Red Crescent, which, as always, has launched a disaster mobilization to heal the wounds of our citizens in all the disaster-stricken regions.”
The symbol of humanitarianism, impartiality, and peace: The Turkish Red Crescent
The Turkish Red Crescent Society was founded on 11 June 1868 under the name of “Society for Aiding the Wounded and Ailing Ottoman Soldiers” to help, without discrimination, soldiers wounded or ailing on the battlefield. The emblem of the Red Crescent is a light red “moon” to the left on a white background. Only on the Red Crescent flag does the open side of the “moon” face the opposite side of the flagpole.
From the Ottoman-Russian War of 1876 to the Cyprus Peace Operation of 1974, in all wars in which Turkey took part, the Red Crescent, through the mobile and fixed hospitals it established behind the front lines, the patient transport services it provided, the hospital ships it equipped, the nurses and volunteer nurses it trained, assisted in the care and treatment of tens of thousands of wounded and ailing people, assisted in the care and treatment of tens of thousands of Turkish soldiers, both friendly and enemy, wounded or ailing on the battlefield, provided the necessary humanitarian aid to prisoners of war, both Turkish and enemy, and sought to care for and protect the civilian population affected by the war.
The purpose of the Red Cross Red Crescent is to prevent or relieve human suffering wherever it occurs, without discrimination, to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for human dignity, and to promote mutual understanding, friendship, respect, cooperation, and lasting peace among people. The Red Crescent is the symbol of solidarity in times of need, equality in times of suffering, humanitarianism, impartiality, and peace in the heat of war. The Red Crescent shares the fundamental principles of the International Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement. These principles are humanity, non-discrimination, impartiality, independence, charity, unity, and universality. The Red Cross Red Crescent is a voluntary social service organization with a legal personality, subject to the provisions of private law, non-profit-making, providing assistance and services free of charge, and working in the public interest.
