Supplier For NGOs to Where the Disaster is

TECIMER is recognized and registered supplier to the U.N. Humanitarian Aid Agencies, the International Committee of Red Cross and the International Federation of RC/RC and  several Red Cross Societies, and other Non Governmental Organizations. The supplier number to the U.N. Agencies is following: UNPD NY: 11195 UNCSD OSLO: 35753  TECIMER is being audited and ranked by Duns & Bradstreet. The registration number to D&B is 53 5341069, and financial and other information can be obtained through this international rating company.

Turkey's Response to Crisis

M. Ali Cam, Industrial Engineer, Tecimer Ltd, Ankara, Turkey In August 1999 northwestern Turkey, the country's most densely populated and industrialized region, was hit by two massive earthquakes. The first, on 17 August 1999, measured 7.8 on the Richter scale and lasted 45 seconds. Izmit, the most industrialized city in western Turkey with a population of one million, was at the epicenter. A local petroleum refinery was also affected by the disaster and the fire continued for six days further endangering the local population and causing heavy pollution in the Marmara Sea. The official death toll stands at over 17,000, with some 44,000 people injured; nearly 300,000 homes were either damaged or collapsed, and more than 40,000 business premises were similarly affected.