Family and Social Services Minister Derya Yanık announced that they have implemented a new service for unaccompanied children whose families could not be found after the earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş.
According to the statement made by the Ministry, Minister Yanık stated that they have implemented a new service for unaccompanied children whose families could not be found after the earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş, and said, “Our citizens will now be able to quickly access the information about unaccompanied children that we have registered by entering the necessary information on the query screen on the website of our Ministry. " said.
Minister Yanık, who stated that they made every attempt to help families find their children after the earthquakes, said that the 10-line call center created after the earthquake, ALO 183 and social media monitoring unit received notifications, information, photographs, etc. He said that they recorded all kinds of distinctive information and documents and integrated this information in the query screen that opened.
Noting that they will provide a faster and more effective result with the query screen that will contain all the data obtained so far, Minister Yanık said, "In this context, our citizens will now be able to quickly access information about unaccompanied children by entering the necessary information on the query screen on the website of our Ministry."
Two different methods can be used
Stating that there are two different methods on the query screen to access the information of unaccompanied children, Minister Yanık said:
“Information about children, together with all their distinctive features such as physical appearance, hair color, eye color, birthmark, photographs, are recorded through an information form. These records are then uploaded to the 'Deringörü' face recognition and matching system prepared by TÜBİTAK. In the system, a list is created according to the matching of the photos. The information entered into the system is presented to the user with the photo record.
Now, we have opened an inquiry screen on our Ministry website for unaccompanied minors. We provide our citizens with the opportunity to make calls with their TR number or name and surname. After the matches to be made through the system, our citizens will be able to make the necessary applications. On the other hand, those who cannot find their children can also leave a report on this screen.”
314 children were handed over to their families
Minister Yanık said that thanks to the systems used and the work carried out through the provincial directorates, they have delivered 858 of the 314 unaccompanied children in the earthquake zone to their families so far. Underlining that 451 children were followed up in the hospital, the Minister Yanık stated that 93 of them were cared for in children's organizations affiliated to the Ministry.
Minister Yanık stated that a total of 206 children were matched through the Derin Görü application, “Communication of 105 children with their families was ensured. While 51 of these children are under treatment, 24 are in institutional care and 50 children have been delivered to their families/relatives.