Turk-IS to send humanitarian aid to Bam quake victims

Sources said on Wednesday that Turk-Is Board had decided to send humanitarian aid to victims of the earthquake that killed thousands of people and left many others homeless in Bam on December 26, 2003.

Upon this decision, the Turk-Is prepared humanitarian aid of 4,780 kilograms of rice, 180 parcels of margarine, 717 cans of vegetal oil, 616 packages of soap, 5 tons of macaroni and 560 blankets.

The humanitarian aid of 50 billion 658 million TL will be sent to Bam next week with an Iranian Airlines cargo plane.