Borsa İstanbul Group Continues to Provide Aid for Earthquake-Affected Regions

Borsa İstanbul Group Continues to Provide Aid for Earthquake-Affected Regions
2/15/2023

Taking action immediately after the earthquake, Borsa İstanbul Group delivered 5 trucks of humanitarian aid and 3 trucks of vehicles and equipment consisting of generators and rotary hammer drills for search and rescue operations, and electric and tube heaters for the heating needs of earthquake victims to Kahramanmaraş, Adıyaman and Hatay, within 2 days, in line with the demands from the earthquake area and in coordination with AFAD.

Aids were delivered to AFAD Earthquake Coordination crisis management centres by Borsa İstanbul Group employees in the provinces of Kahramanmaraş, Adıyaman and Hatay, the hardest-hit areas affected by the earthquake. Moreover, some of our employees contributed to the volunteer work in quake-affected areas.

At the end of February, Borsa İstanbul Group, delivered on-site aid of white goods consisting of 200 washing machines and 200 drying machines to the AFAD Coordination centers of the mentioned provinces for the establishment of laundries in tent and container cities in Kahramanmaraş and Adıyaman.

Most recently, Borsa İstanbul group delivered air conditioning, water, meat, food and hygiene packages, clothes and bicycles for children, which are basic necessities, to AFAD warehouses in order to be delivered to our earthquake-affected citizens in Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Adıyaman, Malatya, Gaziantep (Islahiye and Nurdağı districts) and Osmaniye provinces by our group's employees personally in coordination and cooperation with AFAD.

We wish Allah's mercy upon our citizens who lost their lives in the earthquake, our condolences and patience for their relatives and a speedy recovery to the injured.