Turkey ranks third in humanitarian AIDS in the world

Development Initiatives, a London-based independent organization, declared Turkey as the third country in the world, after Luxembourg and Sweden, which has extended the most humanitarian aid. According to the Global Humanitarian Aids 2013 report of Development Initiatives, Turkey has extended over $1 billion of aid. The report also indicates that Turkey has hosted 350,000 Syrian refugees during the crisis in Syria. In addition, Turkey's aids constituted 8 percent of a total of $12.9 billion of humanitarian aid which has been made by all governments in the world, including the EU institutions.