President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed humanitarian aid activities with the President of Turkish Red Crescent Kerem Kınık and Secretary-General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Jagan Chapagain in Istanbul on Friday.

Humanitarian aid activities for refugees, especially Syrians in Turkey and surrounding countries, and work carried out to make Istanbul the logistics base of the humanitarian aid world were discussed, according to the Presidential Communications Directorate.

Erdoğan said the IFRC and the international community should provide more effective support to Turkey's voluntary repatriation efforts for Syrians.

Meanwhile, Kınık and Chapagain thanked Erdoğan for his humanitarian efforts and for keeping the suffering of refugees on the agenda on every platform.