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The state and administration, members of the team managing the response,
have provided every facility for the willing non-governmental organizations
to participate in the response. The state has encouraged non-governmental
organizations, big businesses, and businessmen to support the fight. For
example, several different businesses and businessmen in the country joined
forces to produce a respirator.

During this period, the State has not neglected civil support while working
as a single mechanism for coordination. For instance, it has not allowed
different administrative units to carry out separate campaigns or activities
in the single-handedly managed response, however, it has encouraged non-
governmental organizations that were willing to carry out similar activities.
This is one of the most remarkable achievements of the response management.
Because the most important step in the fight against such pandemics is to
make all segments of the society a harmonious part of the fight.
1.8. Global Response In Cooperation with Other Countries

At all stages of the response to the pandemic, Türkiye has constantly been
in contact with the countries and international organizations combating the
pandemic, particularly the World Health Organization. Considering the
size of its economy, Türkiye has promised to provide a serious amount to the
fund created to combat the pandemic and followed the vaccination studies
conducted in various countries and science centers around the world. It has
also been observed that Türkiye has closely monitored all global developments
regarding the diagnosis and treatment protocols, prepared reports and articles,
kept up with the articles written by different people around the world and
tried immediately to evaluate its management accordingly.

Türkiye has spared no effort to deliver aid to countries that lost control
in combating the pandemic and were unable to operate their supply chain,
especially regarding health supplies. After getting aid requests from 115
nations, Türkiye has sent aid to 57 countries. Countries such as the UK have
been asked to pay for these materials; however, countries, which could not
afford these materials, have been provided with this aid as a grant. Türkiye has
not stipulated any conditions other than humanitarian reasons while delivering

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