Turkish Red Crescent Archive

The Turkish Red Crescent is a charity organization founded during the late Ottoman period on the model of the Red Cross societies. Its archive contains information on refugee relief, care for war prisoners, public health, and charity particularly during the World War I period and the early years of the Turkish Republic. Women are also mentioned in this collection.

Source information
Archive information

Original source name : Kızılay Belge ve Arşiv Yönetimi Müdürlüğü
English translation : Turkish Red Crescent Archive
Creator : Organisations
Document- type 1 : immigration papers
Document- type 2 : registry
Reference number : N/A
Language(s) : Ottoman Turkish -Turkish
Geographical coverage : Ottoman Empire, Modern Turkey
Time range : 19th-20th c.
Year(s) : 1868-1945
Theme 2 : war and displacement
Link to the item in the catalogue : http://kizilaytarih.org/arsiv-katalogu.html
Publication(s) : http://kizilaytarih.org/yayinlar.html

Archive name : Kızılay Belge ve Arşiv Yönetimi Müdürlüğü
Archive name (English) : Turkish Red Crescent Archive
Archive address : Erler Mah. Türk Kızılay Cad. No:6 Etimesgut, Ankara
City : Ankara
Country : Turkey
Official website and institutional resources : http://kizilaytarih.org/index.html
Finding aid(s) : http://kizilaytarih.org/kizilay-arsivden-nasil-yararlanilir.html

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