AI Summary & Key Takeaways
AI InsightIn addition, supplementary hospitals and treatment centres were opened; in-kind and cash assistance was provided to the widows and orphans of the martyrs and financial support was extended to other relief organizations - most notably the Hilal-i Ahmer - that were actively involved in carrying out these services.
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Abstract
In Gallipoli Campaign, 57,000 Turkish soldiers were martyred and more than 100,000 were wounded. The vast majority of wounded soldiers were brought to Istanbul by ship and treated in hospitals. In order to provide material and moral support to the families of martyrs and the wounded receiving treatment, donation campaigns were organized both within the country and at the diplomatic missions of the Ottoman Empire abroad. Besides the staff of the missions, many European, US and Argentinean citizens, societies and organizations participated in the campaign. The amounts sent from the embassies were collected by the Commission for Relief to the Wounded, established within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and each donation was recorded, receipts were issued and sent to the embassies to be delivered to the donors. These donations met the treatment, care and clothing needs of the wounded hospitalized in all of Istanbul’s hospitals and supported the purchase of necessary medical supplies, equipment, interior and exterior furnishings and repair materials for the hospitals. In addition, supplementary hospitals and treatment centres were opened; in-kind and cash assistance was provided to the widows and orphans of the martyrs and financial support was extended to other relief organizations - most notably the Hilal-i Ahmer - that were actively involved in carrying out these services.
Özet
Çanakkale savaşında 57 bin Türk askeri şehit olmuş, 100 binden fazlası da yaralanmıştır. Yaralı askerlerin büyük çoğunluğu vapurlarla İstanbul’a getirilerek hastanelerde tedavi altına alınmıştır. Şehitlerin ailelerine ve tedavi altındaki yaralılara maddi ve manevi destek sağlayabilmek amacıyla yurt içinde olduğu gibi Osmanlı Devleti’nin yurt dışındaki diplomatik temsilciliklerinde de bağış kampanyaları düzenlenmiştir. Kampanyaya temsilcilik personelinin yanı sıra birçok Avrupa, ABD ve Arjantin vatandaşı, cemiyet ve kuruluş katılmıştır. Elçiliklerden gönderilen meblağ, Hariciye Nezareti bünyesinde oluşturulan Mecruhîn İane Komisyonu’nda toplanmış, bağışların her biri kayıt altına alınarak, makbuzları kesilip bağışçılara ulaştırılmak üzere elçiliklere gönderilmiştir. Bu bağışlarla İstanbul’un tüm hastanelerinde yatmakta olan yaralıların tedavi, bakım, giyim ihtiyaçları karşılanmış, hastaneler için gerekli tıbbi ilaç, alet-i edevât, iç, dış döşeme ve onarım malzemesi alımına destek olunmuştur. Bunun yanı sıra ilave hastaneler ve tedavihaneler açılmış, şehitlerin dul ve yetimlerine ayni ve nakdi destek sağlanmış, bu hizmetlerin yürütülmesinde yoğun faaliyet gösteren başta Hilal-i Ahmer olmak üzere diğer yardım cemiyetlerine nakit desteğinde bulunulmuştur.