ANKARA - Turkish Red Crescent will decorate Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the "Meritorious Humanitarian Service Medal".
For the first time in its history, the Red Crescent will organize an "Honor Day" on November 1st.
During the honor day, those who joined humanitarian relief activities, will be awarded.
Prime Minister Erdogan will be decorated with the "Meritorious Humanitarian Service Medal" for allocating land to Red Crescent's logistic center, conveying aid, which was collected in Turkey, to those who were left destitute by the tsunami disaster in southern Asia and the earthquake disaster in Pakistan and attending the Red Crescent General Assembly meeting on April 15th, 2005.
As a result of Erdogan's initiatives, Turkey collected 21 million USD and sent it to survivors following the tsunami disaster in southern Asia in 2004.
Meanwhile, three students aged between 7 and 11 will be awarded for sending aid to Pakistani quake survivors through the Red Crescent.