In its new humanitarian drive, a Turkey-based aid agency has aimed to build a total of 2,000 houses, as part of a housing project to provide assistance to Rohingya Muslims. The head of Deniz Feneri Association Mehmet Cengiz, together with the Association’s Deputy Head Turan Yalcin and International Relations Coordinator Yavuz Inan, is at Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh to review the agency’s ongoing housing project.
The head of Deniz Feneri Association Mehmet Cengiz said, “We are here in Bangladesh for our Rohingya brothers, who are the world’s most persecuted people. We’ve made a 1,000-house project for our brothers, referring to the ongoing construction project.”
According to the UN, “Since Aug. 25, 650,000 Rohingya have crossed from Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine into Bangladesh.”
In a military operation security forces and Buddhist mobs have killed men, women and children, looted homes and torched Rohingya villages. Moreover the UN has documented mass gang rapes, killings — including of infants and young children — brutal beatings, and disappearances committed by security personnel. In a report, UN investigators said such violations may have constituted crimes against humanity.
Head of the Association said, “With the first stage, we will hopefully accommodate 1,000 families to 1,000 houses. Our target is to build 2,000 houses.” Further he also thanked the donors for their support.
According to Doctors, “Without Borders, at least 9,000 Rohingya were killed in Rakhine state from Aug. 25 to Sept. 24.”
According to the Global Humanitarian Organization report, “The deaths of 71.7 percent or 6,700 Rohingya were caused by violence. They include 730 children below the age of 5.”
Turkey has been at the forefront of providing aid to Rohingya refugees and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has raised the issue at the UN.
