WFP Türkiye Country Brief, May 2023 – Türkiye
In Numbers
600,000 people received cash assistance in May 2023, out of which 552,000 were assisted through the earthquake response.
USD 1.6 m distributed through value vouchers (camps) and USD 10.5 m through cash assistance (multi-purpose cash and livelihoods support)
USD 28.5 m six-month net funding requirements (June – November 2023)
Türkiye Earthquake Response*
Food Assistance
• WFP supplied food commodities in 16 municipalities to uplift their capacity to serve cooked meals in hard-hit Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş and Malatya. The number of assisted municipalities further dropped to six between mid and end-May.
• WFP concluded the emergency food assistance at the end of May after reaching 1.6 million in-camp and offcamp people through cooked meals, family food packages and/or ready-to-eat rations. Throughout the response, WFP supplied 60 municipalities with food commodities.
Early Recovery
• WFP and the Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants (ASAM) helped 32 earthquakeaffected people in Hatay and Kahramanmaraş to find employment in return for a minimum wage of Turkish Lira (TRY) 8,500 (USD 440). WFP and ASAM are targeting 600 people under this initiative aimed at contributing to the early recovery efforts in the southeast.
Cash Assistance
• WFP provided around 11,500 earthquake-affected people (2,864 households) in the camps with TRY 2,500 (USD 128) per household through BIM cards (evouchers). Beneficiaries are Turkish nationals and Syrians under temporary protection, who sought refuge in camps following the quakes.
• Around 540,500 earthquake-affected people (135,118 affected households) in 12 provinces received TRY 3,000 (USD 153) per household. This assistance is delivered as part of a multi-purpose cash initiative brought to life thanks to joint efforts with the Turkish Red Crescent and the International Organization of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
