Turkey: Syrian refugees supplied with hygienic products

SANLIURFA, Turkey

Some 50,000 Syrians living in Turkey outside refugee camps are being supplied with soap and other critical hygienic products.

Under an accord between the Turkish Red Crescent and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), packages including soap, shampoo, and toothbrushes were delivered this week to refugees in Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, and Sanliurfa.

Vural Can Kural, the Turkish Red Crescent's immigration and refugee services manager, told Anadolu Agency that they continue to assist needy Syrians.

"We try to meet all of the refugees' needs. We provided hygienic products to nearly 50,000 Syrian refugees. We develop projects for the refugees' other needs, along with food aid. Similar assistance will continue," said Kural.

Turkey is hosting the largest number of Syrian refugees in the world – 2.7 million – and has so far spent around $10 billion for the refugees in Turkey.

Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests – which had erupted as part of the Arab Spring uprisings – with unexpected ferocity.

The Syrian Center for Policy Research, a Beirut-based NGO, has put the death toll from the six-year-old conflict at more than 470,000.

SANLIURFA, Turkey

Some 50,000 Syrians living in Turkey outside refugee camps are being supplied with soap and other critical hygienic products.

Vural Can Kural, the Turkish Red Crescent's immigration and refugee services manager, told Anadolu Agency that they continue to assist needy Syrians.

Turkey is hosting the largest number of Syrian refugees in the world – 2.7 million – and has so far spent around $10 billion for the refugees in Turkey.

The Syrian Center for Policy Research, a Beirut-based NGO, has put the death toll from the six-year-old conflict at more than 470,000.