MSF_Hatay tent settlement, Turkiye

Turkey

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit south of Turkey and northwest Syria on 6 February 2023. Our teams are responding in the affected regions. So far, the United Nations has estimated that there are more than 9,000 people wounded and 2,300 dead. 

Our teams are responding in affected regions. Click here to read the latest updates on our response to this emergency.

Türkiye (formerly Turkey) hosts the largest refugee and asylum seeker population in the world – just over four million – nearly 3.7 million of whom are Syrian.*

Around 90 per cent of Syrian refugees in Türkiye live in precarious conditions outside camp settings with insufficient access to basic public services.

We provide financial and technical support to local NGOs working with refugees and asylum seekers in Türkiye. Teams in Türkiye also give remote support to medical staff in Syria.

*UNHCR Refugee Statistics, 2021

Our activities in Turkey in 2022

 Data and information from the International Activity Report 2022.

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STAFF IN 2022 (FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT)

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EXPENDITURE IN 2022

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YEAR MSF FIRST WORKED IN THE COUNTRY
MSF IN TURKEY IN 2022 Türkiye (Turkey) hosts the largest refugee population in the world – over four million – including more than 3.7 million Syrian nationals.*
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In the first half of 2022, Doctors Without Borders/MSF continued to provide technical and financial support to a local organisation with a focus on offering services to migrants and refugees in Istanbul. Due to administrative challenges and limited clarity regarding the framework for NGOs proposed by the government of Türkiye, we suspended our activities between June and September. This subsequently led to the conclusion of our activities in Istanbul by December.



*United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, 2022

 
MSF's response after earthquakes hit Turkiye (Turkey) and northwest Syria
Earthquake

MSF scales up response to overwhelming needs after earthquakes hit Türkiye and northwest Syria

Press Release 6 Feb 2023