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Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

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Note 30 April 2024: This page is no longer being updated. Our response through our partners in Türkiye has ended in May 2023, while we integrated our response in Syria into our regular projects.

Two powerful earthquakes, and a number of often strong aftershocks, hit the region of southern Türkiye and northwestern Syria on 6 February 2023.

Our teams swung into action to respond in Syria within hours, and in the days after in Türkiye, working through local partners. In the days and weeks after the earthquakes, we provided medical care and the first of essential items, including blankets, and hygiene and cooking kits, to people who had been displaced in both countries.

Our response evolved in the months after, when we improved water and sanitation services, reconstructed damaged health facilities and provided mental health care to people traumatised by the events and by the losses they had experienced. Our response through our partners in Türkiye finished at the end of May; in Syria, six months after the quakes, we integrated any ongoing response into our regular projects. 

MSF response to the earthquakes in Syria and Türkiye

 
MSF medical activities in northwest Syria
Syria

Syrians suffer from more funding cuts despite severe medical needs

Press Release 24 May 2024
 
Earthquake Northwestern Syria, 7 February 2023
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

One year after earthquake, mental scars are still raw in Syria

Project Update 6 Feb 2024
 
Providing healthcare among the rubble in Jindires
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

Six months of humanitarian action after earthquakes in northwest Syria

Project Update 11 Aug 2023
 
WASH Assessment Idlib Camps
Syria

Inadequate water and sanitation pose health threats in Syria

Project Update 16 Jun 2023
 
Responding to the acute needs in Türkiye
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

People's needs stack up months after earthquake in Türkiye

Project Update 8 Jun 2023
 
Responding to the acute needs in Türkiye
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

MSF hands over emergency interventions in Türkiye

Project Update 31 May 2023
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

MSF delegation in Damascus to deliver additional relief aid

Statement 18 Apr 2023
 
Mental Health support for people affected by the earthquakes in Türkiye
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

After the dust settles: The mental health needs in Türkiye

Project Update 11 Apr 2023
 
Providing healthcare among the rubble in Jindires
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

Northwest Syria: Providing healthcare amongst the rubble in Jindires

Project Update 27 Mar 2023