Turkish aid team from Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH)
Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) has sent an emergency aid team to Indonesia in the wake of a powerful earthquake and tsunami.
In a statement, the IHH said that they have sent a five-person team to help people in need in the region.
At least 384 people died after Friday's 7.7-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami, said Indonesia’s disaster management agency on Saturday, cited by Indonesian television.
The tsunami, towering up to three meters high, hit Palu, capital of the Central Sulawesi province, and the northeast of the nearby Donggala Regency.
Gigantic waves can be seen crashing against the coastline as water gushes through streets and damages the local mosque and other buildings on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi as a tsunami hits following an earthquake.
Massive waves crash on shore as tsunami hits Indonesian island of Sulawesi
Aid to Syria
The IHH has also sent 14 truckloads of humanitarian aid to northern Syria, according to the agency.
The aid, including food, hygienic supplies, and blankets, will be delivered to needy people in Idlib and regions cleared of terrorists by Turkish-led military operations, said Yakup Alaca, IHH spokesman in the southern Kilis province.
This Jan. 20, Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch to clear YPG/PKK-Daesh terrorists from Afrin, northern Syria. On March 18, Turkish troops and the Free Syrian Army liberated the Afrin district center.
Operation Euphrates Shield, which began in August in 2016 and ended in March 2017, eliminated terrorists in another region along Turkey's border with Syria.
The Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) completed the construction of an orphanage in Somalian capital Mogadishu to commemorate a Turkish teenager martyred by PKK in 2017."The construction of the orphanage, which has a total area of 215 square meters, has been completed,” Zuhtu Kalma, head of the IHH in the Black Sea province of Trabzon, told Anadolu agency.The orphanage will accommodate a total of 120 orphans, Kalma said.Kalma said: "When the finishing touches are done, we will go to Mogadishu for the inauguration ceremony of the orphanage which we have built by the name of our brother Eren.""We will also invite Eren's mother Ayşe Bülbül to the ceremony. We want her to see her son's name living in Mogadishu," he added.According to UNICEF reports, it is estimated that there are about 400 million orphans in the world.Eren Bülbül,15, died from wounds sustained as he helped gendarmes track PKK terrorists in Macka, a town 22 kilometers (14 miles) south of Trabzon.The PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and EU -- resumed its armed campaign against Turkey in July 2015.Since then, it has been responsible for the deaths of some 1,200 Turkish security personnel and civilians, including women and children.
Turkey's IHH builds orphanage in Somalian capital