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'''IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ihh.org.tr/ihh-dan-israil-raporuna-aciklama/en/|title=IHH Statement Regarding The Israeli Report|quote=IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation continues to insist on its request for an international probe to independently investigate the Israeli attack on Mavi Marmara.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820132306/http://www.ihh.org.tr/ihh-dan-israil-raporuna-aciklama/en|archive-date=20 August 2010}}</ref> ( | '''IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ihh.org.tr/ihh-dan-israil-raporuna-aciklama/en/|title=IHH Statement Regarding The Israeli Report|quote=IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation continues to insist on its request for an international probe to independently investigate the Israeli attack on Mavi Marmara.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820132306/http://www.ihh.org.tr/ihh-dan-israil-raporuna-aciklama/en|archive-date=20 August 2010}}</ref> ({{lang-tr|'''İHH İnsani Yardım Vakfı'''}}; full: '''{{lang|tr|İnsan Hak ve Hürriyetleri ve İnsani Yardım Vakfı}}''',<ref>The organization regularly gives its name as {{lang|tr|İnsan Hak ve Hürriyetleri İnsani Yardım Vakfı}}, but the full version in which the Turkish word ''ve'' ("and") appears twice is the foundation's name as given in Article 1 of its act of establishment: {{cite web |title=Vakıf Kuruluş Senedi |url=http://www.ihh.org.tr/vakif-kurulus-senedi/ |language=tr |publisher=ihh.org.tr |access-date=6 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831051306/https://www.ihh.org.tr/vakif-kurulus-senedi |archive-date=31 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in English: '''The Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief''') or '''İHH''' is a conservative [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[NGO]], whose members are predominantly Conservative Turkish Muslims, active in more than 120 countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10202678.stm |title=Profile: Free Gaza Movement |date=1 June 2010 |work=BBC News |access-date=5 June 2010}}</ref> | ||
Established in 1992 and officially registered in [[Istanbul]] in 1995, İHH provides [[humanitarian relief]] in areas of war, earthquake, [[hunger]], and conflict.<ref name=Spencer>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7790919/Gaza-flotilla-the-Free-Gaza-Movement-and-the-IHH.html |title=Gaza flotilla: the Free Gaza Movement and the İHH |author=Richard Spencer |date=31 May 2010 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=5 June 2010 |location=London}}</ref> The İHH holds [[Special Consultative Status]] with the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]] since 2004<ref name="ecosoc">{{cite web|title=Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief, The |url=http://esango.un.org/civilsociety/showProfileDetail.do?method=showProfileDetails&tab=1&profileCode=2525 |publisher=NGO Branch, [[United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs]]|access-date=2 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="ecosocNGOlist">{{cite web|title=List of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2009 | url=http://esango.un.org/paperless/content/E2009INF4.pdf |publisher=[[United Nations Economic and Social Council]] |access-date=8 June 2010}}</ref> Current president of the İHH is [[Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım]]. | Established in 1992 and officially registered in [[Istanbul]] in 1995, İHH provides [[humanitarian relief]] in areas of war, earthquake, [[hunger]], and conflict.<ref name=Spencer>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7790919/Gaza-flotilla-the-Free-Gaza-Movement-and-the-IHH.html |title=Gaza flotilla: the Free Gaza Movement and the İHH |author=Richard Spencer |date=31 May 2010 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=5 June 2010 |location=London}}</ref> The İHH holds [[Special Consultative Status]] with the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]] since 2004<ref name="ecosoc">{{cite web|title=Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief, The |url=http://esango.un.org/civilsociety/showProfileDetail.do?method=showProfileDetails&tab=1&profileCode=2525 |publisher=NGO Branch, [[United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs]]|access-date=2 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="ecosocNGOlist">{{cite web|title=List of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2009 | url=http://esango.un.org/paperless/content/E2009INF4.pdf |publisher=[[United Nations Economic and Social Council]] |access-date=8 June 2010}}</ref> Current president of the İHH is [[Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım]]. | ||
İHH is also active in SAR (Search and Resque) operations. Hosting around 850 volunteer search and | İHH is also active in SAR (Search and Resque) operations. Hosting around 850 volunteer search and rescue trained personnel, İHH has multiple SAR teams stationed in different cities of Turkey, ready for action at all times.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ihh.org.tr/arama-kurtarma | title=İHH İnsani Yardım Vakfı }}</ref> | ||
The İHH was owner and operator of three flotilla ships involved in the convoy intended to breach the [[Gaza blockade|blockade of Gaza]] in 2010. These ships included the [[MV Mavi Marmara|MV ''Mavi Marmara'']], a passenger vessel that served as the [[flagship]] of the convoy.<ref name="NY Times Israel Frees">{{Cite news|last=Slackman |first=Michael |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=In Bid to Quell Anger Over Raid, Israel Frees Detainees |date=3 June 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/world/middleeast/03flotilla.html |access-date=3 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="BBC Convoy Raid">{{cite news|last=Reynolds |first=Paul |work=BBC News |title=Israeli convoy raid: What went wrong? |date=2 June 2010 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10203333.stm|access-date=2 June 2010}}</ref> As Israeli naval forces boarded the ship in order to prevent breach of the blockade, passengers attacked the boarding forces with clubs, knives and allegedly firearms. Nine passengers aboard the ''Mavi Marmara'', many of them members of the İHH,<ref name="Defiant">{{cite news|last=Champion |first=Marc |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704025304575284081264400448 |title=Turkish Charity Group Sounds Defiant Note |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=4 June 2010}}</ref> were killed<ref name=latimes>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel-flotilla-20100531,0,1839736.story |author=Edmund Sanders |title=Israel criticized over raid on Gaza flotilla |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=1 June 2010 |access-date=2 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531101434/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel-flotilla-20100531%2C0%2C1839736.story |archive-date=31 May 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Israel attacks Gaza aid fleet |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/05/201053133047995359.html |date=30 May 2010 |publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] |author=Al Jazeera staff and agencies |access-date=2 June 2010}}</ref><ref name=CNN>{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/05/31/gaza.protest/index.html?hpt=T1 |title=Israeli assault on Gaza-bound flotilla leaves at least 9 dead |work=CNN |date=30 May 2010 |access-date=2 June 2010}}</ref><ref name= AJEshooting>{{Cite news|title=Flotilla activists 'shot 30 times' |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/06/20106535425983666.html|date=5 June 2010 |publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] |author=Al Jazeera staff and agencies |access-date=6 June 2010}}</ref> | The İHH was owner and operator of three flotilla ships involved in the convoy intended to breach the [[Gaza blockade|blockade of Gaza]] in 2010. These ships included the [[MV Mavi Marmara|MV ''Mavi Marmara'']], a passenger vessel that served as the [[flagship]] of the convoy.<ref name="NY Times Israel Frees">{{Cite news|last=Slackman |first=Michael |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=In Bid to Quell Anger Over Raid, Israel Frees Detainees |date=3 June 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/world/middleeast/03flotilla.html |access-date=3 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="BBC Convoy Raid">{{cite news|last=Reynolds |first=Paul |work=BBC News |title=Israeli convoy raid: What went wrong? |date=2 June 2010 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10203333.stm|access-date=2 June 2010}}</ref> As Israeli naval forces boarded the ship in order to prevent breach of the blockade, passengers attacked the boarding forces with clubs, knives and allegedly firearms. Nine passengers aboard the ''Mavi Marmara'', many of them members of the İHH,<ref name="Defiant">{{cite news|last=Champion |first=Marc |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704025304575284081264400448 |title=Turkish Charity Group Sounds Defiant Note |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=4 June 2010}}</ref> were killed<ref name=latimes>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel-flotilla-20100531,0,1839736.story |author=Edmund Sanders |title=Israel criticized over raid on Gaza flotilla |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=1 June 2010 |access-date=2 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531101434/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel-flotilla-20100531%2C0%2C1839736.story |archive-date=31 May 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Israel attacks Gaza aid fleet |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/05/201053133047995359.html |date=30 May 2010 |publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] |author=Al Jazeera staff and agencies |access-date=2 June 2010}}</ref><ref name=CNN>{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/05/31/gaza.protest/index.html?hpt=T1 |title=Israeli assault on Gaza-bound flotilla leaves at least 9 dead |work=CNN |date=30 May 2010 |access-date=2 June 2010}}</ref><ref name= AJEshooting>{{Cite news|title=Flotilla activists 'shot 30 times' |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/06/20106535425983666.html|date=5 June 2010 |publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] |author=Al Jazeera staff and agencies |access-date=6 June 2010}}</ref> | ||
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==Humanitarian activities== | ==Humanitarian activities== | ||
The İHH provides social aid, Muslim cultural aid, educational aid, sanitary aid, emergency aid programs in 120 countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ihh.org.tr/bosna-dan-basladik-120-ulkeye-ulastik/en/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726122255/http://www.ihh.org.tr/bosna-dan-basladik-120-ulkeye-ulastik/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 July 2010 |title=We started from Bosnia and reached 120 countries |publisher=Ihh.org.tr |access-date=2 September 2010 }}</ref> It provides health care and [[water well]]s in Africa and runs the [[Africa Cataract Project]], begun in 2007, in ten African countries. İHH has made it possible for thousands of people who | The İHH provides social aid, Muslim cultural aid, educational aid, sanitary aid, emergency aid programs in 120 countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ihh.org.tr/bosna-dan-basladik-120-ulkeye-ulastik/en/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726122255/http://www.ihh.org.tr/bosna-dan-basladik-120-ulkeye-ulastik/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 July 2010 |title=We started from Bosnia and reached 120 countries |publisher=Ihh.org.tr |access-date=2 September 2010 }}</ref> It provides health care and [[water well]]s in Africa and runs the [[Africa Cataract Project]], begun in 2007, in ten African countries. İHH has made it possible for thousands of people who have cataracts but who lack the economic means to be treated to see again. İHH built 1174 water wells in Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ihlas.net.tr/detail.asp?id=208306 |title=İHH Afrika'ya 392 su kuyusu açtı! |publisher=ihlas.net.tr |access-date=2 September 2010 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | ||
İHH sent two cargo planes to Haiti with 33 tons of humanitarian aid supplies after the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]].<ref name=IHH/> | İHH sent two cargo planes to Haiti with 33 tons of humanitarian aid supplies after the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]].<ref name=IHH/> | ||
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=== Xinjiang conference === | === Xinjiang conference === | ||
The IHH worked with the Istanbul Peace Platform to host a conference focused on China's traditionally Turkic Muslim region of Xinjiang and which aimed to highlight the remote region's problems in the wake of July 2009 communal clashes. Official government sources said nearly 200 people were killed and 1,600 wounded in July 2009 riots in Xinjiang's capital, Ürümqi, in the worst ethnic unrest in China in decades. Beijing claimed the riots were orchestrated by overseas activists for the rights of Uighurs, historically Xinjiang's largest ethnic group. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called the violence in Xinjiang "a kind of genocide."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=conference-aims-to-bring-xinjiang-woes-forefront-2010-03-21 |title=''Hurriyet'': Conference aims to bring Xinjiang woes to forefront |work=Hürriyet Daily News }}</ref> | The IHH worked with the Istanbul Peace Platform to host a conference focused on China's traditionally Turkic Muslim region of Xinjiang and which aimed to highlight the remote region's problems in the wake of July 2009 communal clashes. Official government sources said nearly 200 people were killed and 1,600 wounded in July 2009 riots in Xinjiang's capital, Ürümqi, in the worst ethnic unrest in China in decades. Beijing claimed the riots were orchestrated by overseas activists for the rights of Uighurs, historically Xinjiang's largest ethnic group. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called the violence in Xinjiang "a kind of genocide."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=conference-aims-to-bring-xinjiang-woes-forefront-2010-03-21 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701125513/http://archive.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=conference-aims-to-bring-xinjiang-woes-forefront-2010-03-21 |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2012 |title=''Hurriyet'': Conference aims to bring Xinjiang woes to forefront |work=Hürriyet Daily News }}</ref> | ||
===Response to 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami=== | ===Response to 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami=== | ||
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In January 2010, the [[Free Gaza Movement]] and İHH announced a joint venture to send ten vessels to the Gaza strip in the spring of 2010, a flotilla to be further joined by organizations from Greece, Ireland and Sweden.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Our Last Port Is Freedom: Sending a Flotilla in the Spring to Break the Siege of Gaza |url=http://www.freegaza.org/en/our-last-port-is-freedom |publisher=[[Free Gaza Movement]] |date=28 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705004459/http://www.freegaza.org/en/our-last-port-is-freedom |archive-date=5 July 2010 }}</ref> | In January 2010, the [[Free Gaza Movement]] and İHH announced a joint venture to send ten vessels to the Gaza strip in the spring of 2010, a flotilla to be further joined by organizations from Greece, Ireland and Sweden.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Our Last Port Is Freedom: Sending a Flotilla in the Spring to Break the Siege of Gaza |url=http://www.freegaza.org/en/our-last-port-is-freedom |publisher=[[Free Gaza Movement]] |date=28 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705004459/http://www.freegaza.org/en/our-last-port-is-freedom |archive-date=5 July 2010 }}</ref> | ||
On 30 May 2010, a flotilla of six ships carrying 663 activists from 37 nations rendezvoused near Cyprus and set sail for Gaza.<ref name="setsail">{{Cite news|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/30/pro-palestinian-aid-flotilla-sets-sail-for-gaza/ |title=Pro-Palestinian aid flotilla sets sail for Gaza|agency=Associated Press|author=Tia Goldenberg|date=31 May 2010|access-date=4 June 2010|work=U-T San Diego}}</ref><ref name="haaretz293634">{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-transfers-hundreds-of-gaza-flotilla-activists-to-airport-for-deportation-1.293634 |title=Israel transfers hundreds of Gaza flotilla activists to airport for deportation |last1=Kosharek |first1=Noah |last2=Kyzer |first2=Liel |last3=Ravid |first3=Barak |work=[[Haaretz]] |publisher=[[Salman Schocken|Schocken Family]] }}</ref> The stated intention of the Gaza flotilla, like for earlier flotillas organized by the Free Gaza Movement, was to break through [[Israel]]'s [[2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip|blockade of the Gaza strip]] and to deliver humanitarian supplies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/31/q-a-gaza-freedom-flotilla |title=Q&A: The Gaza Freedom flotilla |last1=Black |first1=Ian |last2=Siddique |first2=Haroon |date= 31 May 2010|work=[[The Guardian]] | location=London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/01/AR2010060102934.html | On 30 May 2010, a flotilla of six ships carrying 663 activists from 37 nations rendezvoused near Cyprus and set sail for Gaza.<ref name="setsail">{{Cite news|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/30/pro-palestinian-aid-flotilla-sets-sail-for-gaza/ |title=Pro-Palestinian aid flotilla sets sail for Gaza|agency=Associated Press|author=Tia Goldenberg|date=31 May 2010|access-date=4 June 2010|work=U-T San Diego}}</ref><ref name="haaretz293634">{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-transfers-hundreds-of-gaza-flotilla-activists-to-airport-for-deportation-1.293634 |title=Israel transfers hundreds of Gaza flotilla activists to airport for deportation |last1=Kosharek |first1=Noah |last2=Kyzer |first2=Liel |last3=Ravid |first3=Barak |work=[[Haaretz]] |publisher=[[Salman Schocken|Schocken Family]] }}</ref> The stated intention of the Gaza flotilla, like for earlier flotillas organized by the Free Gaza Movement, was to break through [[Israel]]'s [[2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip|blockade of the Gaza strip]] and to deliver humanitarian supplies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/31/q-a-gaza-freedom-flotilla |title=Q&A: The Gaza Freedom flotilla |last1=Black |first1=Ian |last2=Siddique |first2=Haroon |date= 31 May 2010|work=[[The Guardian]] | location=London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/01/AR2010060102934.html |title=Israel's flotilla raid revives questions of international law |date= 1 June 2010|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | first=Colum | last=Lynch}}</ref> The İHH spent more than $2 million on the ships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/136963 |title=Turkey to Challenge Israel, Support Hamas – Defense/Middle East – Israel News |date=12 April 2010 |publisher=Arutz Sheva }}</ref> İHH activists were set apart from other activists involved in the mission by a willingness to resist Israeli forces.<ref name="Defiant"/> | ||
On 31 May 2010, after the IHH refused that the [[Israel Defense Forces]] will check the ship's cargo in [[Ashdod]] port, Israeli forces intercepted the fleet in the international waters. On the MV ''Mavi Marmara'', one of the ships owned and operated by the İHH, boarding Israeli forces came under coordinated armed attack. In the clashes, nine activists were killed (Eight [[Turkey|Turkish]] nationals and a [[Turkish-Americans|Turkish-American]]), and dozens of activists and seven Israeli commandos were wounded. On three other ships, activists showed [[passive resistance]], which was suppressed by Israeli forces without deaths or injuries, and two others were taken without incident. The activists were subsequently arrested and detained in Israel before being deported. Widespread [[Reactions to the Gaza flotilla raid|international condemnation]] of the raid followed, [[Israel-Turkey relations]] were strained, Israel subsequently eased its blockade of the Gaza strip, and [[Egypt]] lifted its blockade, opening its [[Rafah Border Crossing]] with the Gaza Strip.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6502H820100601 |title=Egypt opens Gaza border after Israel ship clash |last1=Macdonald |first1=Alastair |date= 1 June 2010|work=[[Reuters]] |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] }}</ref> | On 31 May 2010, after the IHH refused that the [[Israel Defense Forces]] will check the ship's cargo in [[Ashdod]] port, Israeli forces intercepted the fleet in the international waters. On the MV ''Mavi Marmara'', one of the ships owned and operated by the İHH, boarding Israeli forces came under coordinated armed attack. In the clashes, nine activists were killed (Eight [[Turkey|Turkish]] nationals and a [[Turkish-Americans|Turkish-American]]), and dozens of activists and seven Israeli commandos were wounded. On three other ships, activists showed [[passive resistance]], which was suppressed by Israeli forces without deaths or injuries, and two others were taken without incident. The activists were subsequently arrested and detained in Israel before being deported. Widespread [[Reactions to the Gaza flotilla raid|international condemnation]] of the raid followed, [[Israel-Turkey relations]] were strained, Israel subsequently eased its blockade of the Gaza strip, and [[Egypt]] lifted its blockade, opening its [[Rafah Border Crossing]] with the Gaza Strip.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6502H820100601 |title=Egypt opens Gaza border after Israel ship clash |last1=Macdonald |first1=Alastair |date= 1 June 2010|work=[[Reuters]] |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] }}</ref> | ||
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====Status in Western nations==== | ====Status in Western nations==== | ||
* {{flag|European Union}} – The European Commission has said that ''"regarding the banning of [[Internationale Humanitäre Hilfsorganisation e.V.|IHH Germany]] by the German Ministry of Interior, IHH Turkey released a statement in which it claims not to have any links to the Germany-based organisation IHH. This information is confirmed by the German Embassy in Ankara."''<ref name= Europsky/> In 2010 in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Camera dei Deputati]], a group of deputies led by [[People of Freedom|Il Popolo della Libertà]] (PdL) member [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] sought for the Turkish İHH to be added to the European Union's list of terrorist entities.<ref name="jpost">{{cite news |url= http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=182846 |last=Weinthal |first=Benjamin |title=Italian lawmakers: Put IHH on EU terrorist list |newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |date=28 July 2010 |access-date=19 October 2012}}</ref> The group included four of Nirenstein's PdL colleagues and one [[Lega Nord]] deputy, Massimo Polledri.<ref name="jpost"/> However, the [[European Commission]] has said ''"IHH is an independent NGO active in the field of humanitarian aid and operating in a wide number of countries"'' and that it ''"does not have any information concerning involvement of IHH in the Occupied Palestinian Territory"''.<ref name=Europsky>{{cite web|author=cs – čeština |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getAllAnswers.do?reference=E-2010-010094&language=SK |title=Europsky parlament: Parliamentary questions |publisher=European Parliament |date=2 February 2011}}</ref> | * {{flag|European Union}} – The European Commission has said that ''"regarding the banning of [[Internationale Humanitäre Hilfsorganisation e.V.|IHH Germany]] by the German Ministry of Interior, IHH Turkey released a statement in which it claims not to have any links to the Germany-based organisation IHH. This information is confirmed by the German Embassy in Ankara."''<ref name= Europsky/> In 2010 in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Camera dei Deputati]], a group of deputies led by [[People of Freedom|Il Popolo della Libertà]] (PdL) member [[Fiamma Nirenstein]] sought for the Turkish İHH to be added to the European Union's list of terrorist entities.<ref name="jpost">{{cite news |url= http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=182846 |last=Weinthal |first=Benjamin |title=Italian lawmakers: Put IHH on EU terrorist list |newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |date=28 July 2010 |access-date=19 October 2012}}</ref> The group included four of Nirenstein's PdL colleagues and one [[Lega Nord]] deputy, Massimo Polledri.<ref name="jpost"/> However, the [[European Commission]] has said ''"IHH is an independent NGO active in the field of humanitarian aid and operating in a wide number of countries"'' and that it ''"does not have any information concerning involvement of IHH in the Occupied Palestinian Territory"''.<ref name=Europsky>{{cite web|author=cs – čeština |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getAllAnswers.do?reference=E-2010-010094&language=SK |title=Europsky parlament: Parliamentary questions |publisher=European Parliament |date=2 February 2011}}</ref> | ||
* {{flag|Israel}} – In 2008 Israel became the first country to ban the organization,<ref name=CSM>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0601/Targeted-by-Israeli-raid-Who-is-the-IHH/(page)/2 |title=Targeted by Israeli raid: Who is the IHH? |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=1 June 2010}}</ref> and on 16 June 2010, Israel added İHH to its terror watch list.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Israel adds IHH to terror watch list |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-adds-ihh-to-terror-watch-list-1.296629 |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |date=17 June 2010 |access-date=18 June 2010}}</ref> The ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'' noted Israel was the only country to have banned the organization as of 2010.<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0601/Targeted-by-Israeli-raid-Who-is-the-IHH/(page)/2 ''ABC News'': Targeted by Israeli raid: Who is the IHH?] | * {{flag|Israel}} – In 2008 Israel became the first country to ban the organization,<ref name=CSM>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0601/Targeted-by-Israeli-raid-Who-is-the-IHH/(page)/2 |title=Targeted by Israeli raid: Who is the IHH? |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=1 June 2010}}</ref> and on 16 June 2010, Israel added İHH to its terror watch list.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Israel adds IHH to terror watch list |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-adds-ihh-to-terror-watch-list-1.296629 |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |date=17 June 2010 |access-date=18 June 2010}}</ref> The ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'' noted Israel was the only country to have banned the organization as of 2010.<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0601/Targeted-by-Israeli-raid-Who-is-the-IHH/(page)/2 ''ABC News'': Targeted by Israeli raid: Who is the IHH?]{{blockquote| In 2008, Israel became the only country to ban the organization, doing so out of concern about its alleged sympathies with Hamas.}}</ref> | ||
* {{flag|United States}} – Although a bipartisan group of 87 US senators (out of 100) sent a letter to President [[Barack Obama]] calling on him to investigate the IHH and consider putting it on the list of foreign terrorist organizations,<ref name=jpus>[http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=181502 US may list Turkish IHH as terror group], Jerusalem Post 15 July 2010</ref> İHH is not designated as a terrorist group by the [[US State Department]].<ref name="Crowley">{{cite web |title=State Department Briefing by Phillip J. Crowley |url= http://www.enewspf.com/index.php/latest-news/latest-national/16728-state-department-briefing-by-phillip-j-crowley-june-3-2010 |date=3 June 2010 |access-date=27 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="crs">[[Congressional Research Service]], 23 June 2010: [http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R41275_20100623.pdf CRS Report for Congress: | * {{flag|United States}} – Although a bipartisan group of 87 US senators (out of 100) sent a letter to President [[Barack Obama]] calling on him to investigate the IHH and consider putting it on the list of foreign terrorist organizations,<ref name=jpus>[http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=181502 US may list Turkish IHH as terror group], Jerusalem Post 15 July 2010</ref> İHH is not designated as a terrorist group by the [[US State Department]].<ref name="Crowley">{{cite web |title=State Department Briefing by Phillip J. Crowley |url= http://www.enewspf.com/index.php/latest-news/latest-national/16728-state-department-briefing-by-phillip-j-crowley-june-3-2010 |date=3 June 2010 |access-date=27 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="crs">[[Congressional Research Service]], 23 June 2010: [http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R41275_20100623.pdf CRS Report for Congress: Israel's Blockade of Gaza, the Mavi Marmara Incident, and Its Aftermath] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807122201/http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R41275_20100623.pdf |date=7 August 2011 }}</ref> US State Department spokesman [[Mark Toner]] has said "it's a long process to designate something a foreign terrorist organization and... there's nothing to announce on that."<ref name=jpus/> A US State Department spokesman also has said the US government "cannot validate" any relationship or connection between İHH and al-Qaida.<ref name="Crowley"/> Michael Werz, a senior fellow at the [[Center for American Progress]] said "the White House has been quiet on the issue and the State Department has publicly noted that it has no plans to designate the group [as an FTO]."<ref name = Hurriyet2>{{cite web |url=http://web.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=us-may-probe-ihh-turkey-says-analyst--2010-08-02 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126063920/http://web.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=us-may-probe-ihh-turkey-says-analyst--2010-08-02 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=''Hurriyet'': Terror listing for İHH Turkey 'counterproductive,' US think tank says |work=Hürriyet Daily News }}</ref> | ||
====Response from IHH==== | ====Response from IHH==== | ||
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===Turkish police raid=== | ===Turkish police raid=== | ||
[[Anadolu Agency]] reported that two employees of IHH, were detained for alleged links to al-Qaida, in a Turkish anti-terrorism police raids on 13 January 2014. IHH spokesman said that police searched its office in Kilis, near the border with Syria, and detained one of its employees. Another IHH employee was detained in Kayseri after a police raid at his home.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/reports-turkish-police-detain-al-qaida-suspects/2014/01/14/7c8ff5b6-7d03-11e3-97d3-b9925ce2c57b_story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140116124244/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/reports-turkish-police-detain-al-qaida-suspects/2014/01/14/7c8ff5b6-7d03-11e3-97d3-b9925ce2c57b_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 January 2014 |newspaper=WashingtonPost |title=Turkish police detain al-Qaida suspects |date=14 January 2014 }}</ref> | [[Anadolu Agency]] reported that two employees of IHH, were detained for alleged links to al-Qaida, in a Turkish anti-terrorism police raids on 13 January 2014. IHH spokesman said that police searched its office in Kilis, near the border with Syria, and detained one of its employees. Another IHH employee was detained in Kayseri after a police raid at his home.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/reports-turkish-police-detain-al-qaida-suspects/2014/01/14/7c8ff5b6-7d03-11e3-97d3-b9925ce2c57b_story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140116124244/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/reports-turkish-police-detain-al-qaida-suspects/2014/01/14/7c8ff5b6-7d03-11e3-97d3-b9925ce2c57b_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 January 2014 |newspaper=WashingtonPost |title=Turkish police detain al-Qaida suspects |date=14 January 2014 }}</ref> | ||
==Involvement in Ukraine== | |||
According to [[Meduza]] in May 2023, terrorists in Ukraine and Syria are sponsored by IHH. People come to Ukraine through IHH. IHH does work with Russian speakers in Turkey.<ref>[https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/05/22/you-really-are-a-terrorist ‘You really are a terrorist’ How Russia’s FSB recruits former ISIS fighters — and tries to plant them in Ukrainian battalions]</ref> | |||
==Political activities in Turkey== | ==Political activities in Turkey== | ||
The IHH has repeatedly supported the | The IHH has repeatedly supported the reconversion of the [[Hagia Sophia]], a former Christian Cathedral which was converted into a Mosque after the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul and is now a Museum and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, into a Mosque, and in 2015 IHH organised and led political rallies in Istanbul, in an effort to support its cause.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hundreds-call-for-hagia-sophia-to-be-converted-into-mosque-in-istanbul-rally-82906|title=Hundreds call for Hagia Sophia to be converted into mosque in Istanbul rally – Turkey News|website=Hürriyet Daily News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/892566/protestors-demand-conversion-of-hagia-sophia-into-mosque/|title=Protestors demand conversion of Hagia Sophia into mosque – The Express Tribune|date=26 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.meforum.org/articles/2015/turkish-islamists-target-historic-hagia-sophia-chu|title=Turkish Islamists Target Historic Hagia Sophia Church}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100603191754/http://www.gazaflotilla.org/ Gaza Flotilla (IHH's new website following attacks by Israel)] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100603191754/http://www.gazaflotilla.org/ Gaza Flotilla (IHH's new website following attacks by Israel)] | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110727065115/http://www.ihh.org.tr/uploads/2010/insaniyardim-filosu-ozet-raporu_en.pdf Palestine Our Route Humanitarian Aid Our Load, IHH's Flotilla Campaign Summary Report] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110727065115/http://www.ihh.org.tr/uploads/2010/insaniyardim-filosu-ozet-raporu_en.pdf Palestine Our Route Humanitarian Aid Our Load, IHH's Flotilla Campaign Summary Report] | ||
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[[Category:Islamic relief organizations]] | [[Category:Islamic relief organizations]] | ||
[[Category:Organizations established in 1995]] | [[Category:Organizations established in 1995]] | ||