Ahbap

Ahbap (full name: Anadolu Halk ve Barış Platformu, meaning "Anatolian People and Peace Platform") is a Turkish humanitarian aid organization and social movement headquartered in Istanbul. The name is also a homophone of the Turkish word "ahbap," which roughly means "friend" or "buddy." The organization was founded by musician Haluk Levent, who began using his growing social media following to connect people in need across Turkey with individuals and organizations able to help them. This effort led first to the creation of the Ahbap platform and then, on 31 July 2017, to the formal establishment of the Ahbap association to coordinate the platform's work. The association's center is in Istanbul. Ahbap operates in the fields of social aid, animal rights, humanitarian relief, and coordination and support during natural disasters. Its activities span sustainable solidarity, cooperation, nonviolent communication, medical and humanitarian aid, and events and campaigns in education, art, science, and technology. As of 2023, the association is networked with volunteers in 68 cities across Turkey. In emergency situations, Ahbap carries out search and rescue operations and provides technical assistance, delivers food, clothing, and other essential goods, creates safe environments for women, children, the elderly, and orphans or those living alone, and sets up emergency shelters such as tents, prefabricated housing, and mobile kitchens. It also operates mobile health vehicles, supplies medicines and medical equipment, and facilitates surgeries and similar medical aid. Through sponsorship, the organization connects supporters with patients and their families in need of medical assistance. It provides regular or periodic social aid for those in need at various times of the year and awards scholarships to students and pupils on a regular or periodic basis. In 2021, Ahbap's work was recognized with the "Foundation Human Award" from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the "High Human Values Award" from Üsküdar University. The organization remains active and continues to mobilize volunteers for disaster relief and social solidarity across Turkey.

Ahbap (Anadolu Halk ve Barış Platformu, "Anatolian People and Peace Platform") is a Turkish humanitarian aid organization and social movement founded by musician Haluk Levent. As Levent's social media following grew, he began using that recognition to connect people in need across Turkey with individuals and organizations able to help them. These efforts led first to the creation of the Ahbap platform and then, on 31 July 2017, to the formal establishment of the Ahbap association to coordinate the platform's work. The association's center is located in Istanbul. In 2021, Ahbap's work was recognized with the "Foundation Human Award" from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the "High Human Values Award" from Üsküdar University. As of 2023, the association is networked with volunteers in 68 cities across Turkey. It organizes activities in the areas of sustainable solidarity, cooperation, nonviolent communication, medical and humanitarian aid, and events and campaigns in education, art, science, and technology. The association is active in social aid, animal rights, humanitarian relief, and coordination and support during natural disasters. In terms of assistance, Ahbap works in areas such as earthquakes, fire, flooding, landslides, drought, and epidemic diseases. Its emergency relief measures in extraordinary situations include search and rescue operations and technical assistance; delivery of food, clothing, and other essential goods; provision of a safe environment for women, children, the elderly, and orphans or those living alone; and establishment of emergency shelters such as tents, prefabricated housing, and mobile kitchens. It also operates mobile health vehicles, delivers and procures medicines and medical supplies, and facilitates surgery and similar medical aid. To provide necessary medical support to patients and/or their relatives in need, the association brings together sponsors and those in need. It provides regular or periodic social aid for the needy at various times of the year and awards scholarships to students and pupils on a regular or periodic basis.

• 2023

  As of 2023, the association is networked with volunteers in 68 cities across Turkey.

• 2021

  Received the "Foundation Human Award" from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the "High Human Values Award" from Üsküdar University.

• 2017

  Ahbap association formally established on 31 July 2017 to coordinate the work of the Ahbap platform.

A volunteer-driven humanitarian aid organization and social movement focused on disaster relief, social solidarity, and medical assistance across Turkey.

1. 1Ahbap – Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Ahbap – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
3. 3Ahbap Official Websiteahbap.org