Earthquakes don’t cause death, buildings do

Last week, I wrote an article focused on the platform we established as NGOs, which exhibited exemplary cooperation and coordination in the Elazığ earthquake. In the picture above that we took on the first day that we went to Elazığ, you can see our friends of the NGO volunteers in the main warehouse, that we worked together with, head to head with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In this article, I include my experiences at the scene, what I have observed, and my suggestions for solutions that made me think once again. read more...

Our NGOs write history in Elazig

I would like to convey how our NGOs came together to collaborate in the earthquake in Elazığ. We found a very constructive environment in this formation, which we named “Civil Society Organizations Disaster Coordination Platform” and even set up a website at the www.stkplatform.org link. I will share the common text we have drawn up and the development process.   read more...

The fires in Australia call the world to duty

This is a subject I wanted to write about for a long time. I can’t remain indifferent anymore. Everything that is happening is out in the open. We all experience the effects of climate change differently in different geographies. If there are still those who argue that there is no climate change, they either hold their interests above everything else (which is a lot of these types), their IQ levels are significantly low, or they hit the bottom of the barrel of ignorance. read more...