1.5 tons of meat and 500 packets of cheese were distributed to the Chechen refugees in Turkey.

Food distribution for the Chechen refugees most of whom are living in Istanbul continues.  Realized in the regular relief framework, 1.5 tons of meat was distributed to the refugees.  The distributions benefited nearly 200 families with 500 packets containing a half a kilo of cheese.
After the war that began in 1999, the majority of Chechen refugees in Turkey are woman and children.  IHH has remained their main support and possibly their only support for the last 6 years.
‘The aid offered the refugees for these past 6 years has been not only been food relief but also clotheing and education-

Food relief was done for Chechen refugees living in Istanbul and who cannot return their countries as their lives are threatened by the violence of the Russian invasion.

Chechen refugees from the second Chechen-Russian War (starting in 1999) and who are living in Istanbul have a more direct access to IHH food distribution. 120 Chechen refugee families have benefitted from the recent aid distribution. These refugees are living in three different camps in the Anatolian side of Istanbul, most of them being woman with children.
These refugees can only can only satify their food and shelter needs through charitable organizatiuons as they wait for a solution to their legal residence status and political problems surrounding the turmoil in their homeland.  The most important problem of the refugees is getting the legal status of a permanent refugee, which at present affects the education of the children and social services.