The Ministry of Industry and Technology created an aid corridor between the industrialists and the earthquake zone immediately after the earthquake. The production, supply, logistics and distribution-based aid corridor works in coordination with AFAD and the Turkish Red Crescent and plays an important role in delivering the products on the priority needs list to the disaster victims.
The crisis center, which was established in the Ministry of Industry and Technology, sends the aid of the Technology Development Zones, which develop Turkey's high-tech products, to the region, as well as the industrialists, through this aid corridor. In this context, all Technoparks in Turkey took action in line with the demands received from the crisis centre. Technoparks delivered portable chargers on the need list to earthquake victims.
DISTRIBUTED TO TEAMS
32 thousand power supplies, especially used to charge mobile phones, were distributed through volunteers. The earthquake victims, who mostly stayed in tents, were provided with access to portable chargers. In addition to earthquake victims, debris removal teams, aid volunteers, security forces and health personnel also benefited from this distribution.
THEY GO TO THE GRAVES
With the guidance of the crisis center, first shipments were made to the city centers of Kahramanmaraş, Hatay and Adıyaman. Portable chargers were delivered to many people in need, from districts such as İslahiye, Nurdagˆı and Elbistan, to villages and hamlets that are difficult to reach, through volunteers.
VOLUNTEERS DELIVERED
Yavuz Yiğit, who participated in the technology-based campaign voluntarily, stated that they supported the aid activity started to meet the energy need that started in the first moments of the disaster, and said that they delivered the power resources to the region gradually under the coordination of the Ministry of Industry and Technology. Noting that they quickly distributed the chargers with the start of the supply, Yiğit thanked the Ministry of Industry and Technology and technoparks for their support.