Red Crescent Humanitarian Aid Convoy in Iraq

Indicating that shipping food, water and medical supplies with the convoy, the Red Crescent General Director Fatih Evren stated that this assistance would not be directly distributed to Iraqi people but it would be delivered to the hospitals of Kirkuk and Mosul.

Evren pointed out that the goal is to reach out to all the people in the region without ethnic discrimination. Saying that the aid was financed with a resource of $5 million earmarked by the goverment.

Justice and Development Party (AKP) Balikesir Deputy Turhan Comez and Republican People’s Party (CHP) Mersin Deputy Huseyin Guler said that they would also go to Iraq together with the aid convoy.

Halil Bagiran / Cizre / TURKEY