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title: "Annual Report 2023"
url: https://yyd.org.tr/en/about-us/reports/annual-report-2023
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updated: 2025-12-18
publisher: "Yeryüzü Doktorları Derneği (YYD)"
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# Annual Report 2023

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## Sayfa 3

2023
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
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1. SUMMARY OF 2023
2. GENERAL INFORMATION
3. SERVICES
4. COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES
1.1. Countries of the Projects
1.2. Highlights of 2023
1.3. Resource Management
2.1. Mission, Vision, Principles
2.2. Corporate Governance and Organizational Structure
2.3. Main Areas of Activity
2.4. National and International Collaborations
3.1. Emergency Projects
3.2. Maternal and Child Health Projects
3.3. Nutrition Health Projects
3.4. Eye Health Projects
3.5. Volunteer Medical Team Projects
3.6. Medical Training Projects
3.7. WASH Projects
4.1. Campaigns and Donations
4.2. Press and Public Relations
4.3. Social Media and Web
4.4. Volunteer Management
4.5. Young Doctors Worldwide
TABLE OF
CONTENTS

## Sayfa 4

2023
Annual Report	6	5
While the year 2023, which has become a difficult period in which crises
and natural disasters occurred one after the other, brought with it great
tests for everyone, the earthquakes that occurred in our country and the
crisis that started in Gaza on 7th of October gave the whole world a deep
shock.
The earthquake, occurred on 6th of February, centered in Kahramanmaraş,
and was effective in 11 provinces, unfortunately caused serious loss of
lives and property. We, as Yeryüzü Doktorları, were with our earthquake
victims from the first day of the earthquake with the services we provided by organizing our volunteers all over Türkiye and forming medical
teams.
While we were trying to heal the wounds of the Kahramanmaraş earthquake, we started to witness one of the biggest crises of recent years in
Gaza. Tens of thousands of people lost their lives and thousands more
were injured in the attacks that hit our agenda on 7th of October. Even
though our head office in Gaza was destroyed and we suffered losses,
we continued our activities under difficult conditions and were there for
the local community.
For the last 23 years, we have been making efforts to relieve suffering
in geographies where the crisis has not ended, both with our volunteer
medical teams and the health centers we have established. We carry
out examinations, treatments and surgeries for those who cannot find a
cure due to impossibilities and continue our humanitarian aid activities
in many areas such as qurbani operations, water wells, medication and
medical equipment supports and psychosocial support. We witness that
every story we touch leaves a mark on our own story and continue to
grow goodness with all our heart.
We hope to touch many more stories around the world and bring goodness and health to the world.
Yahyahan GÜNEY, MD
Chairman
INTRODUCTION

## Sayfa 5

SUMMARY 	of 2023

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2023
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1.2. HIGHLIGHTS OF
2023 ACTIVITES
1.1. COUNTRIES OF THE PROJECTS
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Benin
Chad
Ethiopia
India
Cameroon
Niger
Somalia
Tanzania
Uganda
Syria
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Yemen
Palestine
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Kosovo
Türkiye
Libya
Morocco
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka
Gambia
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Surgery
3,666
People
Birth
1,753
People
Examination
651,553
Sessions
Nutrition
Treatment
46,772
People
Medication and
Equipment
Support
258,000
People
Food
Support
559,031
People
Home Care and
Guidance
2,178
People
Training
25,236
People
Psychosocial
Support
121,322
Sessions
Clean Water
41,070
People

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Individual Donations
Corporate Donations
Funds/Grants
Donations In-Kind
Other
General Administrative Expenses
Projects and Programs
Resource Development
Operation Management
Projected Operation Management
₺ 200,601,318.90
₺ 41,490,533.82
₺ 38,534,412.48
₺ 4,331,621.79
₺ 72,348,056.05
₺ 4,439,708.01
₺ 12,545,521.17
₺ 171,189,092.41
₺ 91,586,684.00
56.14
11.61
10.78
1.21
20.25
1.59
4.48
61.19
32.74
1.3.1. Where Did Our Resources Come From? 	Percentage %
1.3.2. Where Were Our Resources Used?
1.3. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Percentage %

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2023
Annual Report	14	13
GENERAL
INFORMATION

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2023
Annual Report	16	15
2.2. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
2.1. MISSION, VISION AND PRINCIPLES
2.1.2. Principles	2.1.1. Mission and Vision
Having started its activities as an international
humanitarian aid organization focused on health,
Yeryüzü Doktorları has carried out hundreds of
projects so far in more than 54 countries with the
support of more than 300 thousand donors and
more than 45 thousand volunteers. Having set
out initially by organizing short-term health care
camps with volunteer medical teams, Yeryüzü
Doktorları has started to accomplish longerterm projects in the course of time. As of 2020,
it has volunteer medical team services, cataract
camps, water well and food support activities,
equipment - medication supports and medical
training projects, as well as centers providing
permanent services in 8 different countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chad, Palestine, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and Türkiye.
Mission: To reach the people in need who are
unable to access health care services and help
them hold on to life.
Vision: To be a leading and competent NGO in
the field of medical aid.
Focus on Needs: Services to be provided to
people in need are at the center of the decisions and practices of Yeryüzü Doktorları.
Attention is paid to quality, quantity and sustainability of the services that are provided
without any discrimination based on religion,
language, race, gender and geography.
Competence: Yeryüzü Doktorları carries out its
medical aid operations with effective and efficient processes and provides quality services.
In this respect, it embodies and continuously
develops the necessary corporate competencies. It does not take any initiative requiring
special knowledge, skill and competence that
it does not possess.
Respect for Humanitarian Values: Yeryüzü
Doktorları acts based on humanitarian values
that form the very essence of helping, such
as compassion, sincerity, humility, and trust. It
respects the beliefs, cultures and traditions of
different geographies and nations.
Independence: Yeryüzü Doktorları acts in line
with its mission, principles and plans that it
has announced in order to spread the goodness. The collaborations that it makes to better
serve the beneficiaries do not go beyond this
framework.
Transparency: Yeryüzü Doktorları transparently discloses what is done with the resources
entrusted to it. Services are always conducted
in an accountable manner in administrative, financial and legal terms.
2.2.2. Members of the Supervisory Board
2.2.4. Associate Members of the Supervisory Board
2.2.1. Members of the Board of Directors
2.2.3. Associate Members of the Board of Directors
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Erhan Sarışın
Mehmet Akif Kaygusuz
Osman Baturhan Dursun
Musab Baki
Mustafa Nimetoğlu
Yahyahan Güney
Hasan Oktay Özkan
Mehmet Metin
Ahmet Salduz
Gülay Okay
Muhammed Fatih Şimşekoğlu
Ramazan Dilek
Yücel Aytaç
Ali Adil Güneren
Mustafa Çetin
Abdulkadir Turgut
Mehmet Akif Seylan
Mustafa Bekerecioğlu
Hacer Öztürk Aydın
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Treasurer Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Vice Chairman
of the Supervisory Boar
Member
Member
Member

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Annual Report	18	17
2.2.5. Organizational Chart 	2.3. MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY
2.3.1. Emergency Projects
2.3.2. Maternal and Child Health Projects
Yeryüzü Doktorları provides emergency treatment services by sending volunteer medical teams to
the relevant region in the first place in the event of war and crisis situations as well as natural disasters such as earthquake, flood, fire, etc., and supplies medication and equipment. In line with the
identified needs, it supports repair and operation of damaged hospitals or health centers, establishes
field hospitals and health centers, and creates mobile health care teams. It develops and implements
medium-long term projects so as to replenish the basic needs related to health care infrastructure
affected by the crisis situation.
Yeryüzü Doktorları establishes maternal and child health centers and/or improves the existing centers in those regions where mother and child death are observed frequently. These centers provide health care services such as routine checks of pregnant and nursing mothers, performance of
healthy deliveries, vaccination of babies, and performance of pediatric examinations. In addition,
pregnant or nursing mothers or mothers who have recently given birth are provided with trainings on
baby care and reproductive health.
General Assembly
Board of Directors
CEO 	Executive Office
Administrative and
Financial Affairs Programs and Operations 	Funded Projects	Corporate Communications
Administrative Affairs and
Human Resources Health Programs 	Psychosocial Support
Press and Public Relations
Management
Social Media and Web
Content Management Accounting and Finance 	Humanitarian Aid Operations Administrative and
Financial Affairs
Campaign and Event
Management
Donor Relations
Management
Country and Regional
Representatives Monitoring and Evaluation
Volunteer Management 	Procurement and Logistics
Information Technologies
Monitoring and Evaluation
Supervisory Board

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2.3.3. Nutrition Health Projects
2.3.4. Eye Health Projects
2.3.5. Volunteer Medical Team Projects
Yeryüzü Doktorları provides health care services in those regions in need in the fields of both surgical and internal medicine. Accordingly, it organizes short-term camps in the cases where physical
facilities are available but there is a lack of specialist physicians and costs of medications and consumables can generally not be covered. In these camps, people whose treatment needs advanced
specialist knowledge are examined and operated on by the volunteer medical teams of Yeryüzü
Doktorları. Trainings, on the other hand, that are aimed at exchange of information and experience
with the local health care professionals during these practices constitute an indispensable part of
this entire process.
Within the scope of the nutrition health projects, Yeryüzü Doktorları establishes nutrition health centers and/or supports the existing ones in the regions with frequent hunger problems resulting from
drought, poverty, internal disturbances and similar causes. The malnutrition developing especially
in children younger than 5 years of age and in pregnant/nursing mothers due to poor nutrition is
treated at these centers. In circumstances where medical nutrition treatment cannot be provided,
nutritional support is provided through food packages, qurbani meat offered during Eid al-Adha, etc.
Yeryüzü Doktorları treats eye diseases, in particular the cataract, and distributes eyeglasses as part
of its eye health activities. It also aims to reinforce the local capacity by supporting the health care
institutions in the regions where eye health projects are carried out, through activities such as establishment of eye surgery units and training of local health care personnel.
For the purpose of providing sustainable benefit, Yeryüzü Doktorları supports training, certification
and specialization programs at associate, undergraduate and graduate levels, and contributes to scientific researches and events by organizing congresses so as to increase the capacity of health care
professionals in the countries where the projects and programs are carried out.
2.3.6. Medical Training Projects

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Annual Report	22	21
2.3.7. Psychosocial Support Projects
2.3.8. WASH Projects
Yeryüzü Doktorları carries out informative and supportive activities for the local community by conducting screening and examinations with the aim of psychosocial support for the people who have
been affected by trauma, disaster and crisis situations. It determines the status of the local mental
health system and develops psychosocial support projects in line with the social needs. It also provides psychosocial assistance activities for the NGO staff and volunteer medical teams serving in the
field.
Yeryüzü Doktorları drills water wells and restores the infrastructures for clean water access in the
regions where there is drought and the infrastructure is insufficient, to prevent the diseases resulting from use of dirty water. It also intervenes in the situations where urgent solutions are needed, by
distributing water purification tablets.
2.4. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATIONS
Yeryüzü Doktorları conducts its projects in coordination and collaboration with international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), World Food Program (WFP), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR), United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), European
Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and German Corporation for International
Cooperation (GIZ), and national organizations such as Ministry of Health of the Republic of Türkiye,
Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services of the Republic of Türkiye, Turkish Cooperation and
Coordination Agency (TİKA) of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of
Türkiye, Turkish Maarif Foundation (TMV), and Turkish Red Crescent. It also establishes partnerships
with local health care authorities, national/international NGOs and universities on project basis in the
countries where it carries out activities.

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Annual Report	24	23
SERVICES

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Annual Report	26	25
3.1. EMERGENCY PROJECTS
Yeryüzü Doktorları established Jindires Refugee Health Center in October 2018 for the purpose of
providing primary health care services to those refugees living in Muhammediye and Deyr Ballut
camps located in Afrin/Jindires region of Syria. The center, which provides health care services in
the branches of internal medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, dental health and emergency observation,
also provides free medication support. Psychosocial support services also started to be provided in
December 2023.
3.1.1. Afrin Jindires Refugee Health Center
Afrin Jindires Refugee
Health Center Team
4 Doctors
1 Psychologist
2 Nurses
1 Pharmacist
1 Midwife
2 Administrative Personnel
2 Security Staff
2023 Outputs of Afrin Jindires Refugee Health Center
Services
Examination
Treatment
Medication and Medical Equipment Support
Psychosocial Support
Total
Beneficiaries
40,582
22,259
34,286
636
97,763
3.1.2. Suluk Health Center
Yeryüzü Doktorları has been providing primary health care services in the Tel Abyad/Suluk region
of Syria since December 2020. The center provides services in the branches of internal medicine,
pediatrics, gynecology, dental health, dermatology, emergency observation and ear, nose and throat.
In addition to these services, patients are also provided with free medication support.
Suluk Health Center
Team
7 Doctors
4 Nurses
1 Pharmacist
10 Administrative
Personnel
2023 Outputs of Suluk Health Center
Services
Examination
Treatment
Medication and Medical Equipment Support
Total
Beneficiaries
32,895
6,355
39,021
78,271

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Annual Report	28	27
Aiming to provide Syrian refugees with primary health care services by integrating them into the
Refugee Health Care system of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Türkiye, the project was
commenced in January 2017. Within the scope of the project, carried out with the participation of the
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Türkiye and the World Health Organization (WHO), as stakeholders, logistics and human resources support as well as home care and psychosocial support services
were provided at the Refugee Health Training Centers located in Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa and Istanbul.
The activities, which have been continuing in Istanbul, Gaziantep and Şanlıurfa since 2017, were also
started in Mersin in February 2022, and the project was terminated on April 30, 2023.
3.1.3. Refugee Health Training Centers Project
Refugee Health
Training Centers Team
1 Psychologist
1 Nurse
11 Home Care Technicians
185 Home Care Staff
4 Translators
5 Administrative Personnel
25 Logistics Personnel
4 Field Coordinator
1 Social Worker
2 Physiotherapists
1 Dietitian
2023 Outputs of Refugee Health Training Centers
Services
Examination
Treatment
Psychosocial Support
Home Care and Guidance Services
Total
3.1.4. İstanbul Altınşehir Community Center Project
Within the scope of the project carried out together with Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA), psychosocial support activities were organized for disadvantaged individuals at the ages of 4 to 29 living
in Istanbul, and activities were organized to improve their life skills and to support their integration
with the city and society they live in. Activities were carried out in child-friendly areas and competency development workshops to support the creativity skills of participants and to increase their
access to culture, arts, sports, training and social services. The project ended on February 14, 2023.
İstanbul Altınşehir
Community Center Team
2 Psychologists
2 Social Workers
3 Administrative
Personnel
2023 Outputs of İstanbul Altınşehir Community Center
Services
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Total
Beneficiaries
339
339
Beneficiaries
*
451
837
2,124
3,412
684
684
6,370
*
115
12,240
18,725
Sessions
Sessions

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Following the 2014 Gaza crisis, first, equipment and operation support were provided to two physical
therapy and rehabilitation centers serving with limited facilities. In 2015, an office was established in
the city center, and a new physical therapy and rehabilitation center was established in Khan Yunis
region at the south of Gaza. Later, mobile teams were established, and home care service started to
be provided to those in need. The number of home care teams has varied over the years depending on the need in the region. In 2022, activities continued with 4 mobile medical teams and Khan
Yunis Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation center. In addition to these services, Middle Area Physical
Therapy and Rehabilitation Center also provided healthcare in 2022.
Until October 7, 2023, service was provided with 3 mobile medical teams and Khan Yunis Physical
Therapy and Rehabilitation Center, and physical therapy and rehabilitation, medical care and psychological support services were also provided in the region.
On October 7, 2023, one of the biggest crises in its history started in Gaza. During this crisis, which
has caused the greatest destruction in recent years and is still ongoing, Yeryüzü Doktorları has continued its services uninterruptedly, regardless of the circumstances. In order to meet the most urgent
needs in the region, where the severity of attacks increases day by day and even access to basic
needs becomes difficult, 1,700 emergency aid packages, hot meal support for 4,800 people, 6,025
food parcel support, qurbani support for 7,800 people, 200 doctor uniforms to support the healthcare
system, 176 hospital kits support, 34,988 medication, medical equipment and consumables aids, and
cash support to 135 healthcare professionals working at Kuwait Hospital, were provided in Gaza until
2024. Additionally, aid trucks were prepared in Egypt and delivered aids to Yeryüzü Doktorları team
through Rafah Border Gate in Gaza, and aid supplies were also delivered to the charity ship arrived
in Gaza from Mersin.
3.1.5. Palestine Program
Palestine Program Team
1 Doctor
3 Nurses
1 Pharmacist
5 Physiotherapists
1 Psychosocial Support Personnel
5 Administrative Personnel
3 Logistics Personnel
2023 Outputs of Palestine Program
2023 Outputs of Chad Sido Refugee Health Center
Services
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Medical Care
Psychosocial Support
Total
Services
Examination
Laboratory Support
Medication and Medical Equipment Support
Total
3.1.6. Chad Sido Refugee Health Center
100 thousand refugees, who migrated to Chad due to the Central Africa crisis started in the late 2013,
have begun to take shelter in the camps established in the southeast of the country. Having first supported a health care center in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic, during the crisis, Yeryüzü
Doktorları started to provide health care services in Chad Doyaba Refugee Camp in July 2014.
In 2016, a new health care center was established in Sido Refugee Camp located in Maro region of
Chad, providing shelter for 50 thousand refugees. Within the center, which completed its seventh
year at the end of 2023, services such as primary health care, medication support and basic laboratory tests are provided free of charge and on a regular basis. In addition, those in need who have
difficulty reaching the center are provided health care services with mobile teams.
Chad Sido Refugee
Health Center Team
1 Doctor
1 Pharmacist
1 Nurse
1 Administrative Personnel
1 Laboratory Technician
3 Community Health
Professionals
Beneficiaries
975
1,221
115
2,311
Beneficiaries
10,932
3,926
12,560
27,418
Sessions
4,543
13,224
224
17,991
Service Provided
Examination
Emergency Aid Package
Medication, Medical Equipment and Consumables
Hot Meal
Food Parcel
Qurbani Food Distribution
PSS (Children’s Activities)
Total
Number of Beneficiaries
10,968
10,150
29,903
4,800
51,990
7,800
250
115,861

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Annual Report	32	31
Mogadishu Health Center, located on the Afgoye road in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, where internally displaced people live, started to provide services in February 2019. Services such as primary
health care services, medication support and basic laboratory tests are provided within the center
free of charge and on a regular basis.
3.1.7. Somalia Mogadishu Family Health Center
2023 Outputs of Bangladesh Thaingkhali
Refugee Health Center
2023 Outputs of Somalia Mogadishu Health Center
Services
Examination
Laboratory Support
Total
Services
Examination
Laboratory Support
Medication and Medical Equipment Support
Total
3.1.8. Bangladesh Thaingkhali Refugee Health Center
Yeryüzü Doktorları has been operating uninterruptedly in Bangladesh since 2017 and provides services in the region such as primary health care service, hygiene kit distribution, qurbani operations,
food parcel distribution, iftar organizations and cataract camps.
Thaingkhali Refugee Health Center carries out its operations in the refugee camp no. 19 in Cox’s Bazar region of Bangladesh since June 2020. Within the center, primary health care services, laboratory
tests and free medication support are provided for refugees.
Bangladesh Thaingkhali
Refugee Health Center Team
Somalia Mogadishu
Health Center Team
2 Doctors
1 Nurse
1 Pharmacist
1 Midwife
5 Administrative
Personnel
1 Doctor
1 Pharmacist
1 Laboratory Technician
2 Nurses
6 Administrative
Personnel
Beneficiaries
32,953
568
33,521
Beneficiaries
8,726
4,795
8,187
21,708

## Sayfa 18

2023
Annual Report	34	33
During the earthquakes that occurred on February 6, 2023, centered in Kahramanmaraş and caused
great destruction in Syria as well, 50 thousand 783 people in Türkiye and minimum 8 thousand 476
people in Syria lost their lives, and more than 122 thousand people were injured, according to official
figures.
The earthquake described as the “Disaster of the Century” affected 11 provinces of Türkiye, including
Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Adıyaman and Malatya.
Having arrived in the region within the first 24 hours of the earthquake with volunteer medical teams
from all over Türkiye, Yeryüzü Doktorları delivered humanitarian aid supplies to those in need and
started the first interventions. During this period, surgeries were performed for earthquake victims in
the fields of orthopedics and gynecology, and earthquake victims who gave birth suddenly or were
about to lose their limbs held on to life by means of these interventions. Earthquake victims were
provided with examination, treatment and medication support services within the scope of primary
health care service provided in tent hospitals set up in the earthquake region. At the same time, to
reduce the psychological effects of the earthquake on disaster victims, psychosocial support tents
were set and both group and individual interview sessions were held along with activities for children
and adults, accompanied by expert psychologists.
In addition to the health care services provided in the earthquake region during Ramadan, food
parcels were distributed in tents and container cities to meet the food needs in the region and to
support nutrition health. Again, within the scope of qurbani operations carried out in the earthquake
region during Eid al-Adha, 527 animals were sacrificed on share basis and delivered to 8 thousand
75 people in the earthquake area.
Having continued its services since the first day of the earthquake, Yeryüzü Doktorları provided primary health care support and psychosocial support services and distributed hygiene kits and food
parcels, especially in Kahramanmaraş, Adıyaman, Hatay and Malatya. It also played an active role in
the Jindires region of Syria, where the effects of the earthquake were felt, and supported the earthquake victims with its health care services.
3.1.9. Türkiye-Syria Earthquake
(6th of February)
Services
Examination
Medication Support
Hygiene Kit
Emergency Aid Package
Psychosocial Support
Medical Training
Total
Services
Examination
Medication Support
Hygiene Kit
Emergency Aid Package
Psychosocial Support
Medical Training
Total
Kahramanmaraş
Having arrived in the region on the first day of the earthquake, Yeryüzü Doktorları set up a tent
hospital in Oniki Şubat Stadium during the acute period, and provided the earthquake victims with
examination, treatment and medication support services, with volunteer medical teams.
Having continued its activities in Sakarya Container City following start of construction of container cities, Yeryüzü Doktorları provided earthquake victims with health care support through primary
health care services. In addition, it aimed to reduce the psychological effects of the earthquake on
disaster victims by conducting individual and group interviews within the scope of the psychosocial
support activities it provided. Yeryüzü Doktorları carried out instructive and developing activities by
organizing child-friendly area activities for children. In addition, it formed mobile medical teams for
those in need in the earthquake region, who did not have access to a health support station, and
provided earthquake victims in rural areas with services, with these mobile teams. Food parcels and
hygiene kits were distributed to those in need at certain periods.
Beneficiaries
79,673
76,314
1,941
3,961
119,982
7,698
289,569
Beneficiaries
27,669
26,985
2,190
50
16,129
1,394
74,417

## Sayfa 19

2023
Annual Report	36	35
In Hatay, which suffered serious destruction during the earthquake, a tent hospital was first set up
during the acute period, and mobile medical teams were sent to rural areas where health care service
was needed. At the same time, emergency surgeries were performed in the first weeks by volunteer
physicians in hospitals that remained intact.
Having continued their activities in Qatar Container City following the establishment of container
cities, Yeryüzü Doktorları teams continued their activities by establishing health support stations
and psychosocial support centers, and distributed food parcels and hygiene kits to those in need at
regular intervals.
Hatay
Services
Examination
Medication Support
Emergency Aid Package
Psychosocial Support
Surgery
Total
Services
Examination
Medication Support
Hygiene Kit
Emergency Aid Package
Psychosocial Support
Medical Training
Total
Adıyaman
At the health station, which was established in Adıyaman at the first stage with 2 containers, earthquake victims were provided with primary health care service and medication support. In addition to
health care services, emergency aid packages were delivered to earthquake victims.
In Vartana Container City, psychosocial support activities and individual and group interviews were
carried out, child-friendly area activities were organized, and activities were continued to reduce the
effects of the earthquake on children. In this context, movie screening and playing activities were organized to reach children affected by earthquake, and primary health care services were continued
at the health support station which was established.
Beneficiaries
22,714
22,947
1,476
15,112
33
62,282
Beneficiaries
23,997
23,011
774
2,060
22,305
1,710
73,857

## Sayfa 20

2023
Annual Report	38	37
Having carried out its activities in Malatya Sugar Factory during the acute period, Yeryüzü Doktorları
provided psychosocial support services for children from the very first moment and held individual
and group interviews for earthquake victims suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Later, the psychosocial support station was moved to the Central Malet Container City and served
earthquake victims with group interviews, individual interviews, psychoeducation and child-friendly
area activities.
Also volunteer medical students provided 120 earthquake victims with health care service in an activity
as they named “Health Street”.
The psychosocial support area in Malatya was named after Elifnur Şeyma Dalhançer, a Young Doctors Worldwide volunteer who died in the earthquake, and healing of the wounds of earthquake
victims in the region continued, by honoring her memory.
In addition, Yeryüzü Doktorları formed mobile medical teams for those in need in the earthquake region, and provided earthquake victims in rural areas with services, with these mobile teams.
Malatya
Services
Examination
Medication Support
Hygiene Kit
Psychosocial Support
Medical Training
Total
Yeryüzü Doktorları provides emergency treatment services and medication and equipment support,
primarily by sending volunteer medical teams in case of war and crisis situations as well as natural
disasters such as earthquake, flood, fire, etc., occurred in different geographies in the world. In line
with the identified needs, it supports repair and operation of damaged hospitals or health centers,
establishes field hospitals and clinics, and forms mobile medical teams. It develops and implements
medium-long term projects to replenish the basic needs related to health care infrastructure affected
by the crisis. In addition, it works to heal the wounds with services related to meeting the basic needs
such as food support, hygiene kits and access to clean water.
Beneficiaries
4,774
3,371
806
66,436
4,594
79,981
3.1.10. Emergency Operations
Months 	Country 	Territory 	Emergency 	Type of Service 	Pcs. 	Beneficiaries
Total
Türkiye
Libya
Morocco
Afghanistan
Palestine
Kahramanmaraş
Hatay, Malatya,
Adıyaman,
Gaziantep
Darnah
Al Maghzane,
Taroudant,
Souss Massa.
Herat
Gaza
6th of February,
Kahramanmaraş
Earthquake
Natural Disaster -
Floods
Morocco Earthquake
Afghanistan
Earthquake
Gaza Crisis
Examination
Medication Support
Hygiene Kit
Emergency Aid Package
Psychosocial Support
Medical Training
Food Parcel
Hygiene Kit
Emergency Aid Package
Hot Meal
Food Parcel
Other Equipment
Emergency Aid Package
Medication, Medical
Equipment and Consumables
Hot Meal
Food Parcel
Qurbani Food Distribution
Examination
Children’s Activities
79,673
76,314
1,941
3,961
119,982
7,698
720
920
1078
1000
2,450
10
10,150
29,903
4,800
51,990
7,800
10,968
250
411,608
*
*
452
3,961
*
*
30
184
200
1000
350
10
1,700
37,965
1,000
6,025
10 (Cow)
*
*
52,887
February -
December
September
September
October
October -
December

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3.2. MATERNAL AND CHILD
HEALTH PROJECTS
Soran Maternal and Child Health Center started its operations in June 2018 to provide birth and primary health care services in Soran town of Azaz, in which the population approached 300 thousand
with the internal migration waves. Free examination, laboratory service and medication support as
well as pregnancy follow-up service are provided in gynecology, pediatrics and internal medicine
branches within the scope of the project.
3.2.1. Soran Maternal and Child Health Center
Soran Maternal and
Child Health Center Team
Yemen Taiz Maternal and
Child Health Centers Team
4 Doctors
12 Nurses
4 Midwife
1 Laboratory Assistant
1 Pharmacist
4 Administrative Personnel
9 Logistics Personnel
2 Doctors
1 Nurse
1 Midwife
1 Laboratory Technician
4 Administrative Personnel
2 Service Personnel
3.2.2. Yemen Taiz Maternal and Child Health Centers
Yeryüzü Doktorları started providing maternal and child health care services in 3 different health centers in Taiz province of Yemen in February 2021. However, since August 2022, the service has been
continuing only at Al-Wafa Health Center located in Taiz province. Within the scope of the project,
examination and treatment services in the fields of pediatrics and gynecology are provided at the
center, and pregnant mothers are provided with pregnancy follow-up and birth services.
2023 Outputs of Soran Maternal and Child
Health Center
2023 Outputs of Yemen Taiz Maternal and Child
Health Centers
Services
Examination
Treatment
Birth
Medication and Medical Equipment Support
Laboratory Support
Psychosocial Support
Total
Services
Examination
Birth
Laboratory
Medication and Medical Equipment Support
Psychosocial Support
Total
Beneficiaries
25,655
5,905
5
34,287
4,368
*
70,220
Beneficiaries
18,235
208
12,218
2,273
*
32,934
Sessions
*
*
*
*
*
162
162
Sessions
*
*
*
1,494
1,494

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Due to the frequent occurrence of maternal and newborn deaths in the region, birth services were
also added, as of May 2021, to Sido, Chad Refugee Health Center, which has been providing uninterrupted service since 2016. Within the scope of the relevant service, pregnancy follow-up and birth
services, vaccination services for mothers and newborns, and ultrasound testing services are provided. All services provided by the center continue to be provided by mobile teams to those in need
who do not have the opportunity to reach the health center and live in refugee camps.
3.2.3. Chad Sido Maternal and Child Health Center
Chad Sido Maternal and
Child Health Center Team
Chad Bahr El Gazal
Moussoro Maternal and
Child Health Center Team
1 Midwife
1 Nurse
1 Administrative Personnel
3 Administrative Personnel
5 Midwife
2 Nurses
2023 Outputs of Chad Sido Maternal and Child
Health Center
2023 Outputs of Chad Bahr El Gazal Moussoro
Maternal and Child Health Center
Services
Examination
Birth
Laboratory Support
Medication and Medical Equipment Support
Total
Services
Examination
Birth
Laboratory Support
Total
Beneficiaries
3,719
885
544
6,471
11,619
Beneficiaries
2,268
655
2,321
5,244
3.2.4. Chad Bahr El Gazal Moussoro
Maternal and Child Health Center
Yeryüzü Doktorları started to provide maternal and child health care services within Moussoro Hospital, which started operating in the Bahr El Gazal region of Chad in 2022. Within the scope of the
project, gynecological examination, pregnancy follow-up for pregnant mothers and ultrasound and
birth services are provided at the center.

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3.3. NUTRITION HEALTH PROJECTS
Yeryüzü Doktorları has added 3 new centers in 2021 to the existing 4 centers, in line with the needs
analysis it conducted in Yemen. In this context, nutrition health care services have started to be provided in 3 different health centers in Al-Qahirah and Al-Muzaffer regions of Taiz province of Yemen.
However, having re-evaluated the needs in August 2022, it was decided to continue to provide services only at the Al-Wafa health center in Al-Muzaffar region.
3.3.1. Yemen Taiz Nutrition Health Centers
Yemen Taiz Nutrition
Health Centers Team
Chad Sido Nutrition
Health Center Team
1 Nurse
1 Pharmacist
1 Nutritionist
1 Nutrition Trainer
2 Nurses
1 Administrative Personnel
3.3.2. Chad Sido Nutrition Health Center
At Sido, Chad Nutrition Health Center, which started to provide services in January 2019, children
with moderate and severe malnutrition problems are provided with therapeutic treatment and readymade food support. In addition, awareness-raising activities are also carried out for refugees living
in the region to ensure the adoption of preventive health practices, and mobile health care services
are also provided to provide those in need who have difficulty reaching the center better service.
2023 Outputs of Yemen Taiz Nutrition
Health Centers Project
2023 Outputs of Chad Sido Nutrition Health Center
Services
Examination
Nutrition Treatment
Training
Total
Services
Examination
Nutrition Treatment
Medication and Medical Equipment Support
Total
Beneficiaries
*
1,337
17,138
18,475
Beneficiaries
*
1,407
2,504
3,911
Sessions
12,079
*
*
12,079
Sessions
21,907
*
*
21,907

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Yeryüzü Doktorları has been providing services in 15 provinces of Afghanistan since January 2020
with 18 nutrition health centers and 11 mobile medical teams. In these centers, examination and nutritional treatment services are provided for those in need, particularly for pregnant/breastfeeding
mothers and children.
3.3.3. Afghanistan Nutrition Health Centers 	3.3.4. Somalia Mogadishu Nutrition Health Center
In addition to the existing services at the health center, which was opened in Mogadishu in 2019,
treatment services for severe malnutrition started to be provided in October of the same year. In
these centers, therapeutic food services are provided, and a nutritional treatment of 4 to 8 weeks is
administered for children under the age of five.
Afghanistan Nutrition
Health Centers Team
Somalia Mogadishu Nutrition
Health Center Team
29 Nutrition Nurses
5 Administrative Personnel
2 Logistics Personnel
1 Nutritionist
1 Nutrition Nurse
1 Medical Training Professional
1 Administrative Personnel
2023 Outputs of Afghanistan Nutrition
Health Centers
2023 Outputs of Somalia Mogadishu
Refugee Health Center
Services
Examination
Nutrition Treatment
Total
Services
Examination
Nutrition Treatment
Total
Beneficiaries
*
43,461
43,461
Beneficiaries
*
567
567
Sessions
294,536
*
294,536
Sessions
6,014
*
6,014

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During the Ramadan period of 2023, 2 thousand 920 food parcels were distributed in a total of 6
countries, including Afghanistan, Benin, Chad, Palestine, Syria and Türkiye (earthquake region), and
iftar meals were offered to 8 thousand people in Syria. In addition, 9 thousand 915 packages were
distributed for urgent needs in addition to the Ramadan period.
A total of 90 thousand 800 people were reached within the scope of the food aids.
3.3.5. Food Aids 	3.3.6. Qurbani Activities
Within the scope of 2023 qurbani activities, 24 thousand 339 animals were sacrificed on a share
basis and their meats were distributed to 468 thousand 231 people, in 17 countries.
Country 	Share
Afghanistan
Benin
Chad
Ethiopia
Palestine
Cameroon
India
Niger
Somalia
Tanzania
Uganda
Syria
Yemen
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Kosovo
Türkiye (Earthquake Region)
Total
1,491
1,540
1,400
1,050
7
7,119
7,000
1,050
1,953
945
105
54
14
35
35
14
527
24,339

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3.5. VOLUNTEER MEDICAL TEAM
PROJECTS
3.4. EYE HEALTH PROJECTS
2023 Outputs of Eye Health Projects
2023 Outputs of the Volunteer Medical Team Project
Country Eye
Examination Cataract Surgery Distribution of
Eyeglasses
Country 	Branch 	Date 	Examination 	Surgery 	Medical Support
9,241
6,554
4,500
450
3,477
300
219
120
266
293
25,420
Pediatrics, Eye,
Family Practice
Family Practice,
Pediatrics
Orthopedics,
Ear, Nose,
Throat (ENT)
Eye
750
1,310
800
100
411
50
50
20
50
50
3,591
824
1,814
800
120
877
47
50
30
50
50
4,662
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Nigeria
Cameroon
Somalia
Ethiopia
Yemen
Gambia
Sri Lanka
Sierra Leone
Total
Chad
Chad
Somalia
Bangladesh
Total
1,332
652
429
429
2,352
*
*
426
42
742
*
767
*
*
767
20 - 28
January
23 June -
5 July
23 - 30
September
12 - 22
October
Yeryüzü Doktorları has carried out eye health projects since 2006 in 20 different countries in total,
including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chechnya (RF), Ethiopia, Gambia, Cameroon, Kenya, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Somalia, Sudan,
Tanzania, Uganda and Yemen.
In addition to the treatment services provided within the scope of the projects, efforts were also
made to enhance the local health care services capacity with the activities such as establishment of
surgical eye units and training of local healthcare personnel.
In 2023, 25 thousand 420 eye examinations were performed, 3 thousand 591 eye surgeries were
performed and a total of 4 thousand 662 eyeglasses were distributed during the activities carried out
in 10 different countries, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Gambia, Cameroon, Nigeria,
Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Yemen.
Yeryüzü Doktorları sent more than 250 volunteer medical teams to more than 54 countries in internal
medicine and surgical branches since its establishment in response to demands from all around the
world. The institution organized surgical and internal health camps with 3 volunteer medical teams in
2023, and volunteer physicians shared their experience with local healthcare professionals throughout the operations, in addition to performing examinations and surgeries.

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3.7. WASH PROJECTS	3.6. HEALTH TRAINING PROJECTS
For the purpose of increasing the health care service capacity in the countries where it carries out
its projects and programs, Yeryüzü Doktorları supports training, certification and specialization programs at associate, undergraduate and graduate levels, and contributes to scientific research and
events by organizing congresses.
In 2023, Emergency First Aid Training was provided for adults at Suluk Health Center.
Yeryüzü Doktorları carries out water well drilling activities in the regions with drought to prevent
spread of contagious diseases resulting from insufficient access to clean water. Through the year of
2023, 89 wells were drilled, and a total of 41 thousand 70 people were reached.
2023 Outputs of Medical Training Projects
Country
Syria
Territory
Jindires
Soran
Suluk
Total
Number of Beneficiaries
22
280
120
422
2023 Outputs of WASH Projects
Wells Drilled
31
56
2
89
Country
Afghanistan
Cameroon
India
Total
Beneficiaries
10,011
31,050
9
41,070

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Annual Report	54	53
COMMUNICATION
ACTIVITIES

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Annual Report	56	55
4.1. CAMPAIGNS AND
DONATIONS
Campaign
₺ 7,498,822.73
₺ 19,624,623.71
₺ 510,157.93
₺ 64,684,366.04
₺ 87,472,409.65
₺ 22,818,620.10
₺ 202,609,000.16
Eye Health Campaign
Zakât Campaign
Food Box Campaign
Qurbani Campaign
Crisis Emergency - Gaza Campaign
Crisis Emergency - Türkiye-Syria Earthquakes
Total
*Donations cover the entire 2023
Total Donation
(TRY)*

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2023
Annual Report	58	57
4.2. PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
20 – 28 January 2023 I Chad
Volunteer Medical Team
Yeryüzü Doktorları went to N’Djamena, the capital
of Chad, with its team of volunteer healthcare
professionals, from 20th to 21st of January. It
provided examination services in schools and
orphanages in the region with 1 pediatrician, 1
ophthalmologist and 1 family physician assigned
in the team. Having performed 1,332 examinations
within the scope of the activities it carried out for 9
days, the association also supported the patients
examined in respect of their referral process and
medications.
31 January 2023 I Open Your Eyes
with Yeryüzü Doktorları
According to data of the World Health Organization,
2 billion 200 million people in the world are living
with eye diseases. Cataract disease, which is also
seen in our country and can only be treated with
surgery, consists of 94 million of this figure. This
year, Yeryüzü Doktorları launched a campaign
named ‘Open Your Eyes’ to draw attention to
cataract disease and vision losses in countries
where healthcare facilities are insufficient. Having
made a statement on the campaign, Yahyahan
Güney (MD), Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Yeryüzü Doktorları, stated, “Eye diseases continue to
make lives difficult as an important health problem in
those geographies in need. This year, we launched
a campaign named ‘Open Your Eyes’ for those in
need, who are waiting for us and hoping for their
eyes to be opened. “You can support our campaign
so that more people can access eye health care
services and see their beloved ones again.”.
11 February 2023 I Yeryüzü
Doktorları is Providing Health Care
Services in the Earthquake Region
Having gone into action immediately after the
earthquakes that occurred in Kahramanmaraş and
affected 11 provinces, Yeryüzü Doktorları provided
health care services in the earthquake region
with its employees and volunteer medical teams
for emergency aid, and distributed medications
and supplies. Having made a statement on the
earthquake aids in Kahramanmaraş, Ozan Mutlu,
CEO of Yeryüzü Doktorları, stated, “Activities of
our state and non-governmental organizations are
continuing intensively. We, as Yeryüzü Doktorları,
4.2.1. News from Yeryüzü Doktorları
are endeavoring to deliver basic supplies to our
citizens in the region affected by the disaster. Our
activities in the earthquake region are continuing
with a total of 9 teams. At the same time, we are
making our plans to meet the medium-long term
health care needs in the earthquake region. We
can overcome this by fighting with it all together
in cooperation. We are waiting for the support and
help of all of you.”.
17 February 2023 I Yeryüzü
Doktorları is Continuing to Heal the
Wounds of Earthquake Victims
Having gone into action immediately after the
earthquakes that occurred in our country, which
were described as the “Disaster of the Century”,
Yeryüzü Doktorları provided primary health care
in Kahramanmaraş, Adıyaman and Hatay with
volunteer medical teams. At the same time, the
association provided the earthquake victims with
emergency interventions and performed surgeries
of 29 people in the first three days and continued
its activities with its psychosocial support. Having
made a statement on the earthquake activities,
Ozan Mutlu, CEO of Yeryüzü Doktorları, stated,
“We, as Yeryüzü Doktorları, have been in the
region since the first day of the earthquake.
Within the scope of this earthquake that deeply
affected all of us, we are working feverishly with
our teams to meet the priority needs and to heal
the wounds of the community. In this context, we
are in our tent hospitals to meet the health care
needs of earthquake victims. “We also carry out
psychosocial support activities in order to reduce
the negative effects caused by the earthquake
and to be there for the earthquake victims in this
period.”.
13 March 2023 I Yeryüzü Doktorları
is Continuing its Activities in the
Earthquake Region
Having moved to the region immediately after the
earthquake, Yeryüzü Doktorları provided health
care services in the region for a month with its
employees and volunteer medical teams from
all over Türkiye. Having reached 43 thousand
589 earthquake victims so far, the association
continued its activities without interruption.
At the same time, with the Friendship tent it
erected in Kahramanmaraş when it reached 21
thousand 380 earthquake victims in a month
with examination, treatment, psychosocial and
medication support services, it was there for all
disaster victims, particularly for children. Likewise,
having which erected two health tents in Hatay,
Yeryüzü Doktorları provided health care services
to 11 thousand 380 earthquake victims, with its
volunteer teams, within the scope of examination,
surgery and medication support. Within the scope
of its services in Adıyaman province, it served
5 thousand 838 people. Having distributed
humanitarian aid supplies in the earthquake region
simultaneously with health care activities, the
association supported 4 thousand 991 earthquake
victims by delivering to the region urgent needs
such as hygiene kits, food, clothes and blankets.
23 March 2023 I Let Your Zakat Be
Remedy
This year during Ramadan, Yeryüzü Doktorları
reached those in need worldwide, particularly the
earthquake victims, with its campaign named “Let
Your Zakat Be Remedy”. The association continued
its primary health care and psychosocial support
activities in the tents it erected in Kahramanmaraş,
Hatay, Adıyaman and Malatya, which were most
affected by the earthquake. In addition to the
health care services it provided in the earthquake
region during Ramadan, it distributed food parcels
in order to meet food needs and to support
nutrition health, through zakat donations. Having
made a statement on the campaign, Consultant
Yahyahan Güney (MD), Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Yeryüzü Doktorları, stated, “Although
this Ramadan will be a bit bittersweet in the
earthquake region, we will continue to be there
for the earthquake victims with our health care
services and food parcels in order to maintain
solidarity and cooperation. At the same time, we
will also reach those in need waiting for us in
distant geographies, with our services. You may
also donate to our campaign on our website or
give a support of TL 70 by typing “FİTRE” and
sending it to 7712 from all operators. As every year,
let your zakat increase as you share it, and let it be
remedy as it increases, this year as well.”.
10 April 2023 I Yeryüzü Doktorları
Provided More Than 75 thousand
People in the Earthquake Region
with Services
Yeryüzü Doktorları reached those in need in
the earthquake region within the scope of the
campaign named “Let Your Zakat Be Remedy”,
which it launched this year. It was there for more
than 75 thousand earthquake victims in the region,
within the scope of the services it has provided
since the first day with its employees and volunteer
medical teams from all over Türkiye. Having made
a statement on the campaign of “Let Your Zakat Be
Remedy”, Yahyahan Güney (MD), Chairman of the
Board of Directors of Yeryüzü Doktorları, stated,
“As every year, we are continuing to provide our
aids to those in need during Ramadan, this year
as well. We are working with an effort to meet
the needs that arose following the earthquakes
that occurred in our country and caused tens of
thousands of people to lose their lives. “We are
continuing to share the blessing of Ramadan in
the earthquake region with our Zakat campaign
and working to give hope to those in need.”.
24 May 2023 I Yeryüzü Doktorları:
Let the World Heal with Qurbani
Donations
Yeryüzü Doktorları, which held qurbani activities
this year both in the country and in distant
geographies, particularly in the earthquake
region, with the slogan “Let the World Heal With
Qurbani Donations”, has determined the domestic
sacrificial animal share price as TL 6000 and the
international sacrificial animal share price as TL
2600. The association held its 2023 overseas
qurbani activities in a total of 16 countries,
including Afghanistan, Benin, Chad, Ethiopia,
India, Cameroon, Niger, Somalia, Uganda,
Tanzania, Palestine, Yemen, Syria, Kazakhstan,
Azerbaijan and Kosovo. Having made a statement
on the qurbani campaign, Consultant Yahyahan
Güney (MD), Chairman of the Board of Directors
of Yeryüzü Doktorları, stated, “Within the scope
of the operations we carry out in accordance
with Islamic procedures and rules, we deliver the
valuable sacrificial meat which is entrusted to
us, immediately after the sacrificing procedures,
to those in need who look forward to accepting
these blessings. This year, we are calling out to
our donors with our campaign named ‘Let the
World Heal With Qurbani Donations’. You, too, can
make your sacrifice donations to our association
which will use the same on your behalf to support
those in need”.
23 June – 4 July 2023 I Eid al-
Adha Passed Full of Health in
Chad
Yeryüzü Doktorları went to Chad from 23rd of
June to 4th of July to carry out qurbani activities
and to provide health care services with a
volunteer medical team. It performed a total of
652 examinations in the branches of pediatrics
and family practice during the Eid al-Adha at its
center in Sido, Chad. It conducted the referral
process of patients who were examined and
provided a total of 767 patients with medication
support. While the association delivered sacrificial
meat aids to the local community on the one hand,
it also provided health care services on the other
hand.

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17 August 2023 I They Have Been
Working in the Disaster Areas
Since 17th of August
Yeryüzü Doktorları, the foundations of which were
laid with the activities of a group of volunteer
healthcare professionals during the 17th of August
earthquake, is continuing to use the experience it
has gained from past to present, in order to remove
the traces of the Kahramanmaraş earthquake.
Having made a statement on the anniversary of
the Marmara Earthquake, Consultant Yahyahan
Güney (MD), Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Yeryüzü Doktorları, stated, “The destructive effect
of the Marmara Earthquake, which occurred 24
years ago, showed us that humanitarian aid and
first aid are of vital importance in the acute period.
The experience we gained with our volunteers
during the Marmara Earthquake, has today become
an inducement for us, as Yeryüzü Doktorları, to be
there for tens of thousands of people during the
Kahramanmaraş Earthquake. “We are continuing
our services in the region with our volunteer
doctors, nurses, pharmacists and psychologists in
order to heal the wounds of the Kahramanmaraş
earthquake.”.
5 September 2023 I Türkiye’s
Volunteer Doctors Mobilized for
Health
Since the day when it was established, Yeryüzü
Doktorları has been providing health care services
in both internal and surgical branches in many
regions domestically and abroad. Coordinating
with its volunteer network from the first seconds
of a disaster, the association meets people’s
health care needs with its Turkish doctors. Yeryüzü
Doktorları is sending the volunteer medical teams
it draws attention to in its campaign named
“Goodness. Health. From Heart To Heart.”, both
to the earthquake region and to geographies with
disadvantages in health. The association, which
has been operating for more than 20 years, has
provided health care services up until today in 54
countries with its 40 thousand volunteers and more
than 250 volunteer medical teams.
Having touched 18 million lives by performing
more than 2 million examinations and more than
44 thousand surgeries, Yeryüzü Doktorları aims
to continue its activities by expanding them with
the campaigns it organizes and the donations it
receives.
15 September 2023 I Emergency
Aid to Libya from Yeryüzü
Doktorları
More than 10 thousand people lost their lives up
until today during the flood disaster which occurred
following the Daniel storm, which occurred in
Libya on 10th of September and caused a great
destruction, and the number of missing people
approached 20 thousand. Yeryüzü Doktorları
supported the international aid call made by Libya,
which experienced the worst flood disaster in its
history, with hygiene kits and basic supplies. The
association sent support packages containing
basic needs such as shampoo, personal hygiene
products, diapers and baby food, to the region
where the flood disaster affected approximately
2 million people. Having prepared the support
packages at the association’s head office in
Istanbul, the team reached Izmir within hours to go
to Libya and departed on board the aid ship under
coordination of AFAD.
23-30 September 2023 I Somalia
Volunteer Medical Team
Having organized volunteer medical teams in both
surgical and internal branches in those regions
in need, Yeryüzü Doktorları went to Mogadishu,
the capital of Somalia, with a medical team of 7
persons, including 1 ear, nose and throat surgeon,
1 orthopedics surgeon, 1 anesthesiologist, 2
surgical nurses and 2 anesthesia technicians.
Having carried out activities in the hospital located
in a region struggling with limited resources, the
team performed a total of 438 examinations and
42 incurable surgical operations in the fields of
orthopedics and ear, nose and throat, for 8 days.
12-22 October 2023 I Bangladesh
Cataract Operations
Yeryüzü Doktorları, which has been providing
services for many years in the center it opened
in Cox Bazar Refugee Camp in Bangladesh,
performed cataract operations with the
participation of physicians of the eye health branch
between October 12-22, 2023. Having stayed
in the region for 11 days, the team supported
hundreds of people in need by performing a
total of 1810 eye examinations and 298 cataract
surgeries with different partners.
13-16 October I 3-5 November
2023 I Youth and Volunteering
Management Camp
Yeryüzü Doktorları organized the traditional
management camp, for the Young Doctors
Worldwide communities, which consist of volunteer
students studying at 53 universities in Türkiye,
especially in health-related departments, to meet
and to conduct annual situation assessments
and social events. 147 students attended the
camp, which was held at two-week intervals. The
management camp, which was prepared with the
theme of “Youth and Volunteering”, hosted many
experts from the academy to the media. This year,
interactive studies were carried out with seminars,
workshops and field experience sharing held at
the Young Doctors Worldwide Management Camps
organized in Kefken district as well as Çiftalan
Village of Eyüpsultan district of Kocaeli.
13 October 2023 I Yeryüzü
Doktorları is Delivering Aids in
Gaza Under Difficult Conditions
Thousands of people lost their lives, and more than
6 thousand people were injured in the attacks that
have been continuing in Gaza since 7th of October.
Having a physical therapy and rehabilitation center
in Gaza since 2015, Yeryüzü Doktorları is healing
the wounds of the community struggling to survive
under very difficult conditions. While doctors and
nurses from the association’s team are providing
emergency intervention for the injured at Gaza Al-
Shifa Hospital and Indonesia Hospital on the one
hand, emergency aid packages are being delivered
to people in the region on the other hand. Having
made an assessment on the situation in Gaza,
Consultant Yahyahan Güney (MD), Chairman of the
Board of Directors of Yeryüzü Doktorları, stated, “As
always, we, as Yeryüzü Doktorları, are continuing
to work in Gaza in these difficult days. We hope
that the attacks will end as soon as possible and
a peaceful environment will be established. Our
humanitarian aid activities have been continuing
in Palestine, especially in Gaza, since the day we
were established as an association.”.
23 October 2023 I Medical
Equipment Support from Yeryüzü
Doktorları to Al-Shifa Hospital
Yeryüzü Doktorları is continuing to be there for
the local community during the attacks in Gaza
since 7th of October. The association supported
the critical lack of medical equipment, by sending
medical equipment and consumables present
in the physiotherapy and rehabilitation center in
Gaza to Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital in
the region. On 20th of October, having urgently
coordinated with the Ministry of Health of Gaza,
Yeryüzü Doktorları delivered to Al-Shifa Hospital
a total of 13 thousand 837 medical equipment
and consumables present in the health center,
which are of a nature that can be consumed very
quickly, such as bandages, patient diapers, serums,
hygienic gels and surgical gloves. Thanks to the
great support of its donors, Yeryüzü Doktorları
was there for Gaza up until today in terms of both
health and humanitarian aid.
3 November 2023 I Yeryüzü
Doktorları is in Gaza, Where Words
Fail!
Yeryüzü Doktorları is continuing its activities
to respond to the urgent calls for help from
the community and doctors of Gaza during the
attacks that have become increasingly violent
in Gaza since 7th of October. It was there for 19
thousand 406 people, endeavoring to heal the
wounds with its doctors and nurses at Al-Shifa
and Indonesia Hospitals and with his entire mobile
medical and logistics teams throughout the city.
Having endeavored up until today to bolster the
morale of the community by distributing supplies
for basic needs in AL-Shifa, Indonesia, Al Nasr
and Jerusalem hospitals and at different points of
the city, the association distributed a total of 750
baby diapers and 100 hygiene and hospital kits.
Yeryüzü Doktorları provided health support with its
entire team during the attacks that started on 7th
of October. It also distributed hot meal as a basic
need. Having reached 300 families by sacrificing
cattle, the association’s team provided food parcels
to 1395 families and bread and water support to
900 families.
1 December 2023 I Kuwait Hospital
in Southern Gaza Has to Serve 1
Million People!
Having provided treatment for the injured in the
emergency services of Al-Shifa and Indonesia
Hospitals until the blockade which started in
northern and central Gaza, Yeryüzü Doktorları
evacuated its team because the hospitals became
unusable. In Gaza, where 26 hospitals and 47
health centers were out of use due to attacks
and lack of fuel and the need for health care
increasingly continued, the association started
to serve to the community, which was forced to
migrate to the south, with its teams in Kuwait
Hospital. Having mobilized for health care services
in Rafah, where the population has increased
from 300 thousand to 1 million, the association
is supporting healthcare personnel and their
families due to the limited facilities of Kuwait
Hospital in the region and the complete collapse
of its system. However, due to the decrease in
medical equipment and consumables stock, it met
the needs of more than 13 thousand people by
delivering to Gaza the aid trucks prepared in Egypt
through the Rafah Border Gate. Having delivered
aid supplies to the charity ship prepared in Mersin,
the team will continue its activities for the people
of Gaza by supplying supplies through the border
gates while providing internal aid at different points
of the city.
From Heart to Heart: Spreading Goodness & Health
Total Number of Channels Broadcasted
Total Number of Public Service Ads Broadcasted
Total Time Broadcasted (Seconds)
54
5881
217,019
Public Service Ads on TV

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4.3. SOCIAL MEDIA
4.3.1. 2023 Social Media Accounts of Yeryüzü Doktorları
Posts: 	388
Views: 	3,026,400
Likes: 	28,300
Followers: 	86,575
Twitter

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Annual Report	64	63

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Annual Report	66	65
Posts: 	328
Access: 	9,673,211
Followers: 	249,000
Instagram

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Annual Report	68	67

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2023
Annual Report	70	69
Page likes: 	222,000
Posts: 	233
Access: 	5,752,084
Facebook

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Annual Report	72	71

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Annual Report	74	73
4.3.2. 2023 Data Of Yeryüzü Doktorları Website 	4.4. Volunteer Management
Yeryüzü Doktorları has already reached out to hundreds of thousands of people with the support
of those who set their heart on goodness and managed to make the world a better place thanks to
these kind hearts. Volunteer support, which has become an indispensable part of this movement of
goodness, means to run to the rescue of those in need, whether they be elders or minors, and to
gratuitously share competencies, experience, and time. Having grown in this sense every passing
day with its volunteers giving support in many ways, whether it be through participation in volunteer
medical teams, fund raising for the activities that are carried out, or conducting promotional activities,
the Yeryüzü Doktorları volunteer family reached out to 47 thousand 813 people by the end of 2023.
Number of pageviews: 	1,425,996
Number of single visitors: 363,785
Number of Volunteers by Year
2012
50.000
60.000
40.000
30.000
20.000
10.000
0 1.185 2.716 5.740 12.741 	15.611 18.920 23.942
30.390 37.634 40.606 43.187
2013 	2014 	2015 	2016 	2017 	2018 	2019 	2020 	2021 	2022
47.813
2023
Number of Volunteers (By Years)

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4.5. Young Doctors Worldwide
Young Doctors Worldwide (Young DWW) consists of the volunteers of Yeryüzü Doktorları who receive education in various departments of universities, including in particular the medical specialization
areas. Young DWW organize trainings, seminars and conferences and conducts projects on volunteering basis for the purpose of spreading humanitarian aid and social responsibility awareness in
university communities.
Young Doctors Worldwide carried out 312 activities in 53 universities throughout 2023.
2023 Young DWW Management Camp
Young Doctors Worldwide aims to ensure that the management teams of the communities established in universities are provided with orientation training, that they gain knowledge and awareness
in the field of civil society, and that they contribute to their personal development and develop the
functioning of the club. In this context, the “Young DWW Management Camp” was organized from
13th to 16th of October and from 3rd to 5th of November with the participation of 147 Young Doctors
Worldwide. Training, conferences, interviews and workshops were held within the scope of the camp.
Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Zone
Following the 6th of February, Kahramanmaraş earthquake, health stations were established in Kahramanmaraş, Hatay and Adıyaman, and psychosocial support activities were started at the same time in
Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Adıyaman and Malatya. In this context, 522 Young Doctors Worldwide volunteers were assigned in health stations and psychosocial support activities in the earthquake region.

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