In the statement made by the Turkish Football Federation, “Our country has unfortunately experienced a great disaster. All of Turkey, together with millions of citizens affected by this disaster, has been left in indescribable pain. As the Turkish Football Federation; As TFF, we are trying to wrap it together. In this context, in addition to the cash aid campaign we started by donating 20 million TL, a crisis desk was set up as TFF in order to help our citizens in the earthquake zone in the fastest and most effective way.
Müslüm Özmen, Member of the Executive Board in Charge of Super League Clubs, Talat Papatya, Member of the Executive Board Responsible for TFF 1st League Clubs, Management Responsible for 2nd and 3rd League Clubs, at the crisis desk formed under the chairmanship of TFF Executive Board Member Responsible for Amateur Affairs Ali Dusmez. Board Member Volkan Can, relevant officials from the TFF administrative units, Adana Regional Manager Akif Oflaz, Malatya Regional Manager Işılay Çalışkan, Diyarbakır Regional Manager Serkan Bayhan, Kayseri Regional Manager Mutlu Önal, Amateur Affairs Registration and Local Leagues Deputy Manager Hatip Çopur are working intensively. Since the first day; Together with the members of the TFF Board of Directors, all our regional managers serving all over Turkey act as a bridge in establishing a healthy communication at the crisis desk.
At the crisis desk created from the first moment of the disaster; Detailed studies are carried out on the determination of football players, coaches, managers, referees, representatives, health personnel, equipment and translators in the earthquake zone and affected by this disaster, researching their locations and health conditions, and damage assessment of their facilities and residences. The requirements determined by the crisis desk are being tried to be resolved quickly.