In Türkiye UNICEF, together with its partners, works to reach the most vulnerable children with essential interventions in education, child protection, social protection and child survival. They collect, analyze and share quality data and evidence to better inform programmes, campaigns and initiatives wherever they are needed most.

With over 70 years of experience operating in crisis contexts, UNICEF has a critical mandate when it comes to providing humanitarian assistance to children and families in need.

Since 2013, UNICEF has supported the Government of Türkiye to respond to the needs of 5 million Syrian refugees – almost half of whom are children. In addition, since 2015 UNICEF has been working closely with the government and NGO partners to deliver immediate assistance to vulnerable refugee and migrant children and families on the move toward Europe.

UNICEF works in the priority areas of Education, Child Protection, Social Protection, Youth Engagement and Basic Needs. Interventions are also carried out in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Health and Nutrition as required.

UNICEF works with a large number of ministries and governmental institutions including the Ministry of National Education, the Ministry of the Family and Social Policies, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Development, the Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), Ministry of Youth and Sport, GAP Administration; as well as with Municipalities and civil society organizations such as the Turkish Red Crescent, Turkish National Committee for UNICEF and other national and international NGOs.