IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation Chairman Bülent Yıldırım announced that 10 million TL aid will be distributed to families who have lost their jobs or work as daily laborers. Yıldırım said, “In IHH we are fulfilling our responsibility, and we are calling the people of Turkey to join this aid campaign.”

IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation distributed hot meals to 400 people in Gaza’s COVID-19 quarantine centers. In addition, IHH also delivered cash aid to families of those who died or were injured in the fire that broke out in the market of the Nusayrat Refugee Camp area.

IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation distributed food aid to 500 families in the Cotobato city, Bangsamoro to help them cope with the coronavirus epidemic.

IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation delivered 400 food packets to families that are unable to work due to the Coronavirus in Kosovo.

Heavy rains that began last week in Indonesia caused major floods and landslides. IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation initially delivered emergency aid to 3 thousand Indonesian victims.

IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation provided shelter aid to 135 families forced to migrate to Azaz on the Turkish-Syrian border due to air attacks carried out in the north Idlib in Syria.

IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation Chairman Bülent Yıldırım visited the camp where families that fled from the southern rural area of Idlib, Syria were settled, and made an appeal for emergency aid for the civilian victims of war.

IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation made an aid appeal for the camps in the rural areas of Idlib, Syria that were flooded due to heavy rains.

IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation has continued to deliver humanitarian aid to refugees waiting at the border in Edirne to cross over to Europe since 28 February 2020.

IHH delivered humanitarian aid to the people who are mostly Algerian, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan citizens, stranded at Istanbul Airport because of flight cancellations due to the Coronavirus.

IHH briefed civilians living in the refugee camps in the rural area of Idlib, Afrin and Azaz regions in Syria on the Coronavirus, and also carried out health checks and distributed hygiene kits to 30.000 people.

IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation distributed food, bread, blankets and coats in Yemen, where the crisis still continues. 10 thousand families benefited from this aid.

Turkey united together to protest against Chinese persecution in East Turkestan. IHH organized a silent march accompanied by torches, and a press conference in Istanbul with the participation of tens of thousands, and the support of many NGOs.

On 10 December, commemorated as the Human Rights Day, a march was organized from Fatih Mosque to Saraçhane Park to demand the immediate release of the thousands of young, old, women and men detained in Egyptian prisons. Thousands of people are currently imprisoned under appalling conditions and suffering from torture. People from various occupation groups including scientists, lawyers, doctors, politicians, musicians and engineers are imprisoned and losing their lives; sometimes by execution following the death sentences issued in the so-called court hearings, and sometimes because of the appalling conditions. Occasionally these prisoners who are not even allowed to see their families or lawyers try to make the world hear their voices by going on hunger strikes.

“This is not over yet, we are calling on Judges of the International Criminal Court to step in.”
The International Criminal Court (ICC) must fulfill its function of serving justice and the international law and stay true to its fundamental roots.

The 35th COMCEC (ISEDAK) Meeting has just been held in Istanbul. IHH General Secretary Durmuş Aydın gave a speech at the meeting titled “Food and Agriculture in Periods of Crisis: NGO’s Emergency Response.”

Waleed Al Waheeb, Managing Director of the Islamic Development Bank, and his entourage visited the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation Headquarters.

United Nations (UN) Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis Mark Cutts and colleagues visited the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation headquarters.

IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation officials made a presentation by participating in the “More Inclusive Coordination for The Global South” panel organized by the International Council of Voluntary Organizations (ICVA).

A group of students and academics from the Copenhagen University International Social Services department visited IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation’s headquarters.