Republic of Turkey, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency – AFAD

The Aydın Doğan Foundation's Board of Directors, which celebrated their 20th anniversary in 2016, declared that AFAD’s humanitarian work by embracing millions of Syrians fleeing the persecution of the regime and the civil war that has been going on in their country for 5 years is an important foreign aid. AFAD has played a major role in the execution of the project, has provided services by showing an impressive organizational ability in a short time and has demonstrated an exemplary success story in the world; and thus, unanimously decided to award AFAD with the Aydın Doğan Award. The Board of Directors also expressed their belief and hope that this award will contribute to the better knowledge and understanding of AFAD's work by the society and the outside world.