The Disinformation Bulletin, dated February 16-17, 2023, drafted daily by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications, Centre for Combating Disinformation and pointing out the truth of the news containing disinformation about the Kahramanmaraş Earthquake is released.
The bulletin stated that the claim shared on certain social media accounts that "The IFRC did not offer Türkiye earthquake aid” does not reflect the truth and that on February 7, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched an emergency appeal for international aid of 70 million francs for earthquake-affected Türkiye and Syria, which was later increased to 200 million francs.
The bulletin also noted that the IFRC announced on February 16 that “it has increased the international emergency appeal from 200 million to 650 million Swiss francs” and that “the donations received by the Federation are transferred to the Turkish Red Crescent and utilised for earthquake-related relief efforts by the organisation”.