Christian organisations and networks of churches are responding to the disaster caused by two earthquakes on 6 February in the south-east of Turkey, which also hugely affected the north of Syria.
‘Teams from all over the world and from Turkey are working hard in the region,’ wrote the Association of Protestant Churches in Turkey (TeK, also known as Turkish Evangelical Alliance) in a short update. ‘Please remember them in your prayers.’
Evangelical Protestants in Turkey have provided practical help through the First Hope Association (in Turkish, İlk Umut Derneği) which, hours after the first 7.8 magnitude quake sent a first-aid team. First Hope made a quick plan early in the morning and directly set off as a team.
