The North Cyprus Red Crescent Society (

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: KKTC Kızılayı) is the

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society in the

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. Recog ...

. It is a observer member of the

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Foundation

North Cyprus Red Crescent Society was formed by the core group of people who has worked voluntarily since 1963. Its headquarters are in

Lefkoşa Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaori ...

, and it has seven branches in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Organisation

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İskele Trikomo ( el, Τρίκωμο; Turkish: ''Yeni İskele'') is a town in North-Eastern Mesaoria in Cyprus. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus and is the administrative center of the İskele District of Northern Cyprus. It gained mun ...

Legal basis

The

Turkish Federated State of Cyprus The Turkish Federated State of Cyprus ( tr, ) was a state on the region of Northern Cyprus declared in 1975 and existing until 1983, that was not recognised by the international community. It was succeeded by the Turkish Republic of Northern C ...

recognised Northern Cyprus Turkish Red Crescent on 12 November 1974 with the Decision of Council of Ministers No. 5251. The first by law of the Northern Cyprus Turkish Red Crescent was adopted in 1974, and revised in 2005 and 2008.

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established on 28 December 1967 included arrangements, which protected the names and emblems of Red Crescent and Red Cross Societies, in Military Crime and Procedural Law 16 on 13 April 1973. The Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, which was established later, brought in the same arrangements with the Law on Military Crimes and Sentences 17 adopted on 19 April 1983. In 2013, the North Cyprus Red Crescent Society became an observer member of the

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. On 9 May 2013, the North Cyprus Red Crescent Society applied for "full" membership to the ICRC, IFRC and Standing Commission.

Mission

As in the mission description, the North Cyprus Turkish Red Crescent Society has voluntarily worked to build up its capacity to serve the victims of natural and man-made disasters. This has been done through different programmes at organisational and communal levels. It has worked with different stakeholders including official authorities as the necessity of its auxiliary role.

Activities

The government of Northern Cyprus granted (via the North Cyprus Red Crescent Society) granted tents, blankets, food, construction materials (cement, covering slate, timber and bricks), power generators, wood stoves, and warm clothes in the Kyrgyzstan earthquake in 2008.International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
DREF Operation Update

References

External links

North Cyprus Turkish Red Crescent
{{Authority control Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies Organizations established in 1963 Medical and health organisations based in Northern Cyprus 1963 establishments in Cyprus