MÜSİAD President Mahmut Asmalı, who set out for the region following the severe earthquakes centred on Kahramanmaraş, said that MÜSİAD had swiftly taken action to heal the wounds through the Crisis Desk it had established. Speaking in Kahramanmaraş, President Asmalı said, "Today is the day to be united, the day to be together".
The Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MÜSİAD) took action following the severe earthquakes centred on Kahramanmaraş that caused great destruction in a total of 10 provinces. MÜSİAD, which rapidly set up a Crisis Desk after the earthquake, mobilized all its resources from the very first moment the earthquake struck. MÜSİAD teams, striving to meet swiftly the information and requests coming from the disaster area through the Crisis Desk it had established, while also coordinating its domestic and international branches, sent basic necessities, food aid and construction machinery to be used in search and rescue efforts to many areas.
MÜSİAD President Mahmut Asmalı, stating that they had matched all their domestic branches with the 10 provinces affected by the earthquake, said that they had formed emergency aid teams responsible for each province. Emphasizing that more than 500 trucks, logistics support vehicles and construction machines carrying more than 2 thousand basic necessity and food items, prepared with the contributions of MÜSİAD members in line with the needs of the citizens affected by the earthquake under the coordination of the MÜSİAD Crisis Desk, had been dispatched to the region, President Asmalı said that a large part of this aid had reached the disaster area and that the construction machines had begun search and rescue work. President Asmalı also reported that 100 caravans had been made available for the use of the citizens affected by the earthquake and that prefabricated structures prepared by member companies would also be dispatched to the region.
Sharing his assessments in Kahramanmaraş, President Asmalı said, "We are going through an extraordinary situation. Our country is undergoing a great test. As MÜSİAD, we could not remain indifferent to such a painful event. We are trying to do our best for the people of the region. Today is the day to be united, the day to be together".
MÜSİAD President Mahmut Asmalı continued as follows:
"Together with our domestic branches, we matched our 10 provinces with our other provinces. With all our units, may God be pleased with them, we are mobilized for food aid, for construction machinery and for other forms of assistance. We followed the developments on the ground in Kahramanmaraş on site. We are going through an extraordinary situation. Our country is undergoing a great test. As MÜSİAD, we could not remain indifferent to such a painful event. We set up a crisis team at our Head Office and declared full mobilization with our domestic and international branches. Our crisis team distributes the information and requests coming from the disaster area to all our branches in line with the needs. God willing, we will overcome this process all together. It is a very difficult situation. We cannot bring back those we have lost, but at least we can be a remedy for the troubles of our injured and of those left behind through timely intervention. Most importantly, there are the people of the region who are experiencing great trauma. At the same time, cold weather prevails here. Therefore, we must stand by the people of our region. And we are trying to do our best. May God help us all and protect our nation. Today is the day to be united, the day to be together."