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.