AKUT Search and Rescue Association
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AKUT Search and Rescue Association (Turkish: AKUT Arama Kurtarma Derneği) is a Turkish non-governmental organization for disaster search and rescue relief. It was established in 1995 as a grassroots organization by seven leading outdoor athletes of Turkey and officially founded as an association in 1996.
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Abbreviation | AKUT |
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Formation | 1996; 28 years ago (1996) |
Founder | Nasuh Mahruki, Feridun Çelikmen, Oral Ülkümen, Memet Tanrısever, Nevzat Çetin, Kuvvet Lordoğlu, Alper Sesli[1] |
Type | Non-governmental organization |
Legal status | Charitable |
Purpose | Disaster search and rescue relief |
Location | |
Coordinates | 41.06722°N 28.99885°E / 41.06722; 28.99885 |
Region served | International |
Chairman | Zeynep Yosun Akverdi |
Affiliations | INSARAG, IRO, Global Compact |
Website | www |
The organization delivers emergency and disaster relief to people trapped in caves, lost on mountains or to victims of earthquake or flood disasters at home and abroad. The initial purpose of the association's establishment was to provide search and rescue relief for climbers in emergency as no local organization of this type existed so far.[2]