Kızılay Toplum Merkezleri - TRC Community Centers

Thousands of people have lost their lives and millions of people were affected by the crisis due to the conflicts between Syrian government and demonstrators, which has started in March 15th, 2011 and has spread nation-wise with the demonstrations in April 2011. More than 5 million people had to leave the country and approximately 12.2 million people were internally displaced or were in need of humanitarian aid. As of November, more than 3.3 million Syrians live in Turkey which is the largest host country of Syrian refugees. More than 3 million of them live in city centers.

November, 2012, Turkish Red Crescent launched an International Appeal for the Syrian humanitarian crisis with the

IFRC support. Since that day, within the scope of the Appeal, humanitarian aid operations are being carried out and many services ranging from food to psychosocial services are being given to Syrians under temporary protection status. Within this framework, as part of the Syrian Crisis Humanitarian Aid Activities, Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Cooperations Coordinatorship was established in March 25th, 2016 within Migration and Refugee Services Department to manage and to provide the collaborations provided by the National Societies, IFRC, and ICRC.

One of the projects of Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Cooperations Coordinatorship, Turkish Red Crescent Community Centers were established in order to provide following services to people who is under temporary protection and live in urban areas:

- Psychological support

- Protection,

- Referral,

- Livelihood development and harmonization,

- Vocational trainings,

- Volunteer activities.

The Centers are currently operated in Adana, Ankara, Bursa, Gaziantep, Hatay, İstanbul (Bağcılar), İstanbul (Sultanbeyli), İzmir, Konya, Mersin, Şanlıurfa provinces.