Turkish council, nationalist group aid Syrian refugees
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid sent to Turkish border region where Syrian Turkmen sheltered
By Behcet Alkan, Faruk Ozzengin
NEVSEHIR, Turkey
A municipal council and a Turkish nationalist group announced Wednesday they dispatched trucks loaded with aid to needy Syrians.
The Urgup Municipal Council in central Nevsehir province said it loaded a truck with humanitarian aid for Hatay's Yayladagi district where Syrian Turkmens are sheltered.
In Nevsehir, Alperen Ocaklari, a Turkish nationalist group affiliated with the Grand Unity Party (BBP), loaded a truck full of aid for shipment to the border region, Ali Neseli, a spokesman for the group, told journalists at a ceremony.
The aid will be distributed through the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), said Baki
Turkish organizations and charities collecting and dispatching large amounts of aid have played a major role in the humanitarian crisis caused by the Syrian civil war.
The country has been locked in a devastating conflict since early 2011
Since then, hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have been killed and millions more displaced by the conflict.
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