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We, as  a country are witnessing an emergency disaster situation the likes of which we have never seen, a destruction we cannot even imagine. </span></p> <p style="line-height:140%"><br><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:19.6px">We still believe in the good in these bad &amp; extraordinary days, how can we not? Our wounds are very deep and fresh. We know it will take a long time to heal those wounds. However, we are also aware of the great social solidarity that we all try to be a part of, and we believe in the great power it brings.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%"><br><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:19.6px">From the first moment, thousands of search and rescue teams  and paw heroes (K9) from all over the country and the world rushed to the earthquake area. The miners who came out of the depths with their black hands worked with incredible dedication. Volunteers who went to the disaster provinces found solutions to many different needs. Doctors, paramedics and veterinarians treated thousands of people/animals who could no longer see their hand in front of their eyes due to the destruction. Millions of people who were desperate because they could not go to the earthquake provinces joined together to collect the necessary materials in the cities where they were staying, trying not to be missing from the lists of the most urgent needs. Again, countless people donated to meet the needs. On the other hand, disaster coordination teams set up under various headings worked to ensure that  right-based work in the earthquake provinces was carried out, so that earthquake victims were not victims of violations.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%"><br><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:19.6px">We will get through these days side by side, hand in hand. Every life we have lost, every life that has been turned upside down by the earthquake, we must follow up on the post effects of this massive disaster so that we do not experience this pain and despair again. It is in our hands to build up better systems to avoid these messes. </span></p> <p style="line-height:140%"><br><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:19.6px">We are together and it is good that we are side by side!</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:center"> </p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--></div><!--<![endif]--> </div> </div> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </div> </div> </div> <div class="u-row-container"style="padding:0;background-color:#f5f5f5"> <div class="u-row"style="Margin:0 auto;min-width:320px;max-width:620px;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;background-color:#fff"> <div style="border-collapse:collapse;display:table;width:100%;height:100%;background-color:transparent"> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="padding: 0px;background-color: #f5f5f5;" align="center"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:620px;"><tr style="background-color: #ffffff;"><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]><td align="center" width="620" style="background-color: #000000;width: 620px;padding: 0px;border-top: 0px solid transparent;border-left: 0px solid transparent;border-right: 0px solid transparent;border-bottom: 0px solid transparent;" valign="top"><![endif]--> <div class="u-col u-col-100"style="max-width:320px;min-width:620px;display:table-cell;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#000;height:100%;width:100%!important"> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--><div style="box-sizing:border-box;height:100%;padding:0;border-top:0 solid transparent;border-left:0 solid transparent;border-right:0 solid transparent;border-bottom:0 solid transparent"><!--<![endif]--> <table style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"role="presentation"cellpadding="0"cellspacing="0"width="100%"border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;padding:10px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"align="left"> <div style="line-height:140%;text-align:center;word-wrap:break-word"> <p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:25.2px;font-size:18px;color:#fff">What has been done? What is the way forward?</span></strong></p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"role="presentation"cellpadding="0"cellspacing="0"width="100%"border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;padding:10px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"align="left"> <div style="font-size:14px;line-height:140%;text-align:center;word-wrap:break-word"> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;line-height:21px;font-size:14px"><span style="line-height:21px"><strong><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#fff;text-decoration:underline">Children's Rights</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><strong>The Civil Coordination Group for Disaster Children</strong>, established after the Kahramanmara_ earthquake and composed of experts in the field of children's rights and representatives of CSOs, monitored the process from the beginning and <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://www.stgm.org.tr/en/disaster-child-civil-coordination-team-temporary-shelters-should-be-organized-childrens-needs-mind"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">drafted a note</a></strong> on how the shelters established after the earthquake should be designed to meet the needs of children.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px">From the first day of the earthquake, pictures of the children affected by the earthquake, especially of the rescue operations, were widely used, violating the children's privacy rights. <strong>Child Rights Defenders Association</strong> has <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://twitter.com/childef_org/status/1625087360068210690"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">distributed</a></strong> informational pictures titled "<strong>Media is important for children's rights".</strong></span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><strong>State of Education</strong> also collected information on how to ensure child-centered disaster management in a series of tweets. You can read the batch stream <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://twitter.com/egitimhali/status/1625785104332214272"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">here</a></strong>.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;line-height:21px;font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#fff;text-decoration:underline">Solidarity</span></strong></span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px">After the earthquake, many map studies were conducted, some existing and some newly created. You can access the <strong>Earthquake 0mece Platform</strong> at <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://deprem.io/"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">www.deprem.io</a></strong>, and the <strong>Disaster Map</strong> created by the <strong>Disaster Platform</strong> and <strong>Needs Map <a rel="noopener"href="https://www.afetharitasi.org/"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">here</a></strong>. You can access the <strong>Disaster Information</strong>, which lists general needs, health services, and those who want to help people affected by the earthquake, from <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://www.afetbilgi.com/"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">here</a></strong>, and the <strong>Disaster Site</strong>, which compiles information that those affected by the earthquake may need, from <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://www.afetyeri.com/"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">here</a></strong>.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><strong>HERA Mobile Health Application</strong>, in collaboration with the <strong>Medical Search and Rescue Association</strong> and the <strong>Development Workshop</strong>, has completed the mapping of active health facilities and mobile health clinics in the disaster area. The map can be accessed at <strong><a rel="noopener"href="http://afetsaglikharitasi.org/"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">afetsaglikharitasi.org</a></strong>.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><strong>The Cycling Support Team <span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px"><a rel="noopener"href="https://twitter.com/bisidestek"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">(BisiDestek)</a></span></strong> is one of the organizations with volunteer cyclists in the field. The volunteer cyclists transport inaccessible places in Hatay by bicycle and deliver relief goods to the earthquake victims. </span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px">While millions of people were left homeless after the earthquakes that affected more than 13 million people, the solidarity networks that were quickly organized after the disaster gave hope to all. <strong>The Deep Poverty Network</strong> has <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://www.stgm.org.tr/en/how-should-rights-based-solidarity-be-during-and-after-disaster"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">produced an information note</a></strong> on how to organize rights-based solidarity networks that have been established throughout the country.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><strong>Sivil Alan,</strong> the communication platform of actors from the civil sector, <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TZenSGzGhOT3aUU51L5H906uKT_tzdp-D0keCFtXDNs/edit?resourcekey#gid=1166573948"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">published a document</a></strong> after the earthquake listing the civil society organizations working in the earthquake area. You can access the document, which was compiled by the institutions active in the earthquake area, here.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><strong>Roma Memory Studies Association (Romani Godi) </strong>made a statement titled <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://romanigodi.org/deprem-surecinde-romanlar-esitlik-birlestirir-dayanisma-iyilestirir/"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">"Equality unites, solidarity heals!"</a></strong> and said Abdal, Dom and Rom groups from Turkey and immigrant/refugee Roma groups were living intensively in the provinces affected by the earthquake and reminded that suffering should not deepen existing inequalities.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:21px"><strong><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif">Sweden, which holds the presidency of the European Commission and the Council of Europe, </span></strong><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif">will organize a fundraising conference for the people affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.</span></span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px">After the earthquakes, different organizations announced various grant applications to support disaster-related studies.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><strong>The Embassy of Japan</strong> has begun accepting applications for <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://www.stgm.org.tr/en/japan-official-development-assistance-grant-program-local-projects"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">the Grant Program for Local Projects</a></strong> to address basic humanitarian needs. Topics to be supported include search and rescue vehicles and equipment, creating a safe environment in line with educational standards, and the disabled people.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><strong>GADRA</strong> has activated the <a rel="noopener"href="https://www.stgm.org.tr/en/global-alliance-disaster-resource-acceleration"target="_blank">Emergency Operations Center</a> to provide direct humanitarian assistance to disabled organizations in meeting urgent needs.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;line-height:21px;font-size:14px"><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;text-decoration:underline"><strong><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px">Disability Rights</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;font-size:14px;color:#fff">One of the civil organizations that quickly organized after the earthquakes was the <strong>Disaster-Autism Solidarity Network</strong>, which was established to create a search and rescue protocol and an evacuation and support protocol that included the necessary conditions for autistic people in Turkey. The Disaster-Autism Solidarity Network has established an <strong>"Emergency Communication Board"</strong> and a <strong>"Patient and Injured Communication Board"</strong> to facilitate communication for children and adults who have difficulty with verbal communication. You can access the boards through <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://afetotizm.com/en/"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">this link</a></strong>.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;font-size:14px;color:#fff"><strong>The Disabled Children's Rights Network</strong>, which has been advocating for children with disabilities since the first day of the earthquake, shared its <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://twitter.com/ECHA_Turkey/status/1625031133850132480"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">work</a></strong> and <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://twitter.com/ECHA_Turkey/status/1625032413335236608"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">observations</a></strong> with the public on its social media accounts.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;font-size:14px;color:#fff"><strong>The Hearing Impaired People and Their Families Association</strong> also <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://twitter.com/isitmedernek/status/1624854909022613504"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">called for support</a></strong> so that hearing impaired people in the earthquake region can turn to them with their problems. The association announced that it will provide hearing aids, batteries and spare parts for the hearing impaired in the earthquake areas.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;font-size:14px;color:#fff"><strong>The Turkish Platform for Accessible Information</strong> has set up an <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://www.engelsizbilisim.org/deprem-acil-duyurulari/"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">information page</a></strong> so that visually impaired people can follow the earthquake-related emergency messages in an accessible form.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;font-size:14px;color:#fff">Civil society organizations working in the field of disability assistance held a meeting last Sunday titled <strong>"Psychological First Aid and Disabled People in Disasters."</strong> You can watch the broadcast <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVfclPvx-Vw"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">here.</a></strong></span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;font-size:14px;color:#fff"><strong>The Istanbul Bar Association Disability Rights Center</strong> also listed the CSOs and their areas of work that indicate they work for disabled people <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://twitter.com/istbaroEHM/status/1624531931080556545"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">in a series of tweets</a></strong>.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;line-height:21px;font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#fff;text-decoration:underline">Youth Rights</span></strong></span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px">While earthquake victims were evacuated from disaster provinces after the earthquakes, the evacuation of dormitories began following President Tayyip Erdoan's February 11 declaration that "universities will be converted to distance education and dormitories will become guesthouses". <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://www.stgm.org.tr/en/go-it-unlawful-expel-university-students-kyk-dormitories"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">Youth Organizations Forum</a></strong> published an information note on the issue, stating that the decision taken is against the law. It was also noted that the decision taken has led to new rights violations for young people and that the students who were removed from the dormitories have become homeless and helpless as a result. </span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;line-height:21px;font-size:14px"><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;text-decoration:underline"><strong><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px">Immigrants Rights</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px">While news of violence comes from time to time from cities affected by the earthquake, hate speech is also circulating. <strong>The Coordination Center for Combating Hate Speech Related to the Earthquake</strong> has called on us to stand together under the slogan <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://www.stgm.org.tr/en/coordination-combat-hate-speech-after-earthquake-our-pain-shared-our-hope-shared"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">#Our Pain Is Shared #Our Hope Is Shared.</a></strong></span><br><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span><br><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><strong>The Association for Solidarity with Refugees</strong> issued a statement on the attitude towards the earthquake victims, recalling the <strong>"four main principles of humanitarian aid"</strong>. Mülteci-Der emphasized among the four main principles the "non-discrimination" and "impartiality" <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://multeci.org.tr/2023/02/13/afette-depremzede-multecilere-yonelik-tutumlar-endise-verici/"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">in the statement,</a></strong> saying that after the disasters, the basic principles of humanitarian aid were ignored, refugees were not included in shelter support, they were discriminated against in the distribution of relief goods, and they were subjected to hate speech.</span><br><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span><br><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><strong>The Human Rights Department of Turkish Medical Association (TTB), the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (T0HV)</strong> and <strong>the Human Rights Association (0HD)</strong> issued a joint statement on the allegations of violence and torture from the earthquake zone and said: <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://tihv.org.tr/basin-aciklamalari/tihv-ihd-ttb-deprem-iskence-suctur/"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">"Making torture an earthquake policy is a crime against humanity and society!".</a></strong></span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;line-height:21px;font-size:14px"><strong><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#fff;text-decoration:underline">Gender Equality</span></strong></span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#fff;font-size:14px"><strong>Women's Coalition launched the Disaster Coordination Network</strong> under the slogan "We take our place in civic solidarity". While the Network's founding statement emphasized that, given past experiences, women, children, LGBTI+, and other marginalized groups in society would be most affected by the negative impacts, the Disaster Coordination Network's <span style="text-decoration:underline;line-height:21px"><strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://www.stgm.org.tr/en/womens-coalition-disaster-coordination-network-established-taking-our-place-civic-solidarity"target="_blank"style="color:#fff;text-decoration:underline">goal is</a></strong></span> to build bridges between resources and those in need, fight against rights violations, and ensure that women's organizations play an active role at every stage of disaster management.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#fff;font-size:14px">LGBTI+ organizations in Ankara have come together under the name <a rel="noopener"href="https://kaosgl.org/haber/ankara-lgbti-deprem-dayanismasi-kuruldu"target="_blank"style="color:#fff"><strong>Ankara LGBTI+ Earthquake Solidarity</strong></a> to address the needs in solidarity of LGBTI+ who have come out of the earthquake zone and refugee LGBTI+.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#fff;font-size:14px"><strong>Pink Life LGBTI+ Solidarity Association</strong> has also published <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://www.pembehayat.org/haberler/detay/2797/depremden-etkilenen-lubunyalar-hakkinda-genel-bilgilendirme"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">information</a></strong> about LGBTI+ affected by the earthquake.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><br><span style="text-decoration:underline;line-height:21px;font-size:14px"><strong><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;text-decoration:underline">Right to Health</span></strong></span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#fff;font-size:14px"><strong>The Association of Public Health Specialists</strong> <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://hasuder.org/Duyurular/Detay/basin-bildirileri/deprem-bolgesinde-halk-sagligi-onlemleri-hakkinda-kamuoyu-bilgilendirmesi/31aeb00c-5f79-508b-98d5-3a094d8b8324"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">issued a statement</a></strong> pointing out public health actions that should be taken in the future for the health and well-being of survivors. HASUDER regularly provides public health information <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://hasuder.org/Duyurular/Detay/basin-bildirileri/deprem-bolgesinde-halk-sagligi-onlemleri-hakkinda-kamuoyu-bilgilendirmesi/31aeb00c-5f79-508b-98d5-3a094d8b8324"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">on this site</a></strong> under various topics related to the earthquake.</span><br><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#fff;font-size:14px"> </span><br><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#fff;font-size:14px"><strong>The Mental Health Association</strong> created a documentation study to participate in mental health support studies after the earthquake. Earthquake victims who would like to receive free mental health counseling and volunteer experts who would like to participate in the work can view the <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://ruhsagligidernegi.org/6subat/"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">page here</a></strong>.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:21px"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;line-height:21px"><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;text-decoration:underline">Elder Rights</span></span></strong></span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#fff;font-size:14px"><strong>65+ Elder Rights Association </strong>has <strong><a rel="noopener"href="https://yaslihaklaridernegi.org/65-yasli-haklari-derneginden-rehber-deprem-bolgesinde-yaslilara-yardim-ederken/"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">prepared a guide</a></strong> for those who want to help the elderly in the earthquake zone. The association's announcement reminded that the elderly is a vulnerable group like the disabled and children, and identified issues to consider for those who want to work with the elderly.</span></p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:center"><span style="color:#fff;line-height:21px;font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px">***</span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--></div><!--<![endif]--> </div> </div> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></td><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]></tr></table></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </div> </div> </div> <div class="u-row-container"style="padding:0;background-color:#f5f5f5"> <div class="u-row"style="Margin:0 auto;min-width:320px;max-width:620px;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;background-color:#fff"> <div style="border-collapse:collapse;display:table;width:100%;height:100%;background-color:transparent"> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td style="padding: 0px;background-color: #f5f5f5;" align="center"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:620px;"><tr style="background-color: #ffffff;"><![endif]--> <!--[if (mso)|(IE)]><td align="center" width="620" style="background-color: #000000;width: 620px;padding: 0px;border-top: 0px solid transparent;border-left: 0px solid transparent;border-right: 0px solid transparent;border-bottom: 0px solid transparent;" valign="top"><![endif]--> <div class="u-col u-col-100"style="max-width:320px;min-width:620px;display:table-cell;vertical-align:top"> <div style="background-color:#000;height:100%;width:100%!important"> <!--[if (!mso)&(!IE)]><!--><div style="box-sizing:border-box;height:100%;padding:0;border-top:0 solid transparent;border-left:0 solid transparent;border-right:0 solid transparent;border-bottom:0 solid transparent"><!--<![endif]--> <table style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"role="presentation"cellpadding="0"cellspacing="0"width="100%"border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;padding:10px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"align="left"> <div style="font-size:14px;color:#fff;line-height:140%;text-align:center;word-wrap:break-word"> <p style="line-height:140%"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:19.6px;font-size:14px">Even though it is hard to feel good these days, we believe that we can find some strength by sharing things that are good for each other. For this reason, we wanted to close with <strong><span style="color:#fff;line-height:19.6px"><a rel="noopener"href="https://twitter.com/SocratesDergi/status/1625570239323770901"target="_blank"style="color:#fff">the words of Harun Tekin, the lead singer of Mor ve Ötesi, in a solidarity broadcast. </a></span></strong></span></p> <p style="line-height:140%"> </p> <p style="line-height:140%;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;line-height:19.6px"><strong><span style="line-height:19.6px;color:#fff">"What we live is not our destiny. We can change the life we live. We are humane, kind-hearted people who believe in science and can change our own lives. We will cooperate and not become monsters. We will do this without eating or biting ourselves or others. We will not become monsters. We will do this in spite of all monsters. 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