Disaster Relief
After the 1999 Izmit earthquake, Israel assisted in search and rescue efforts and set up makeshift hospitals. The Israeli team included hundreds of personnel from the IDF SAR team, paramedics, surgeons and administrative personnel. The team was one of the largest international teams to assist in the catastrophe (which claimed more than 17,000 lives) and remained active for weeks.
During the Mount Carmel forest fire in 2010, Turkey was one of the first nations to send aid to Israel. Turkey sent two firefighting aircraft, which started to extinguish fire in the early hours of 3 December.
Following the 2011 earthquake in Turkey's Van province, Israel offered to provide prefabricated housing and tents in response to Turkish requests for foreign aid. Israel airlifting mobile homes to the devastated region.
Read more about this topic: Israeli-Turkish Relations
Famous quotes containing the words disaster and/or relief:
“From disaster good fortune comes, and in good fortune lurks disaster.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Taking a good mouthful, I felt as though I had taken liquid fire; the tomato was chile colorado, or red pepper, of the purest kind. It nearly killed me, and I saw Gómez’ eyes twinkle for he saw that his share of supper was increased.”
—For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)