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NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE The Turkish Red Crescent, established in 1868, is the largest humanitarian organization in the country. As an auxiliary to the public authorities in humanitarian services, the National Society provides aid for vulnerable people in need during disasters and non-emergency contexts. It uses its extensive in-country assets, human resources, and government and civil society relations for the effective and efficient implementation of activities across all sectors. This includes disaster management as well as social, migration and blood services. The Turkish Red Crescent was admitted to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in 1930. The Turkish Red Crescent's vision is to serve as a model in humanitarian aid services in Türkiye and around the world, and to stand by people in their most challenging times. Prepared with the contributions of all stakeholders, the Turkish Red Crescent Strategic Plan for 2021-2030 comprises a total of 11 goals to reinforce social resilience and develop strong governance and institutional trust. The National Society strives towards eliminating hunger and poverty in society, helping migrants, promoting healthy ageing, meeting blood needs sufficiently, developing resilience against natural hazards and human-made disasters, and creating a more viable environment with better access to education. It also seeks to improve stakeholder relations and financial sustainability. In 2022, the Turkish Red Crescent has reached over 33 million people with long term services and development programmes, whereas close to 9 million people have been reached through disaster response and early recovery programmes. Over the past three years, the Turkish Red Crescent, in coordination with IFRC, has been supporting more than 2.5 million refugees in Türkiye under the ECHO funded Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) programme. The Turkish Red Crescent will continue supporting refugee families through the Social Safety Net, in coordination with the Directorate General of Social Assistance, with funding from European Commission's Directorate General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR). As part of its migration response, the Turkish Red Crescent has built a strong capacity which it commits to share with other stakeholders to reach more communities in need. This focuses on cash (the Kizilaykart Platform) and social services - including multi- sector needs such as health, protection and livelihoods through a nationwide network of community centres. It also emphasizes planning, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting, together with community engagement and accountability approaches.