ANKARA
With its aid and support operations across the world, Turkey’s state-run aid agency has become a major actor in the country’s global efforts to stem the novel coronavirus pandemic.
More than 370,000 people from Azerbaijan to Yemen, Sudan to Bosnia and Herzegovina have benefited from the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency’s (TIKA) aid efforts against the outbreak, including its distribution of locally obtained masks and other medical supplies, in addition to its ongoing aid operations.
A cargo plane from Turkey to Wuhan, China sent to evacuate Turkish nationals on Jan. 30 carried medical equipment dispatched by TIKA to
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