Hilal Ahmar
organization
Hilal Ahmar (Arabic: الهلال الأحمر, Persian: هلال احمر, Turkish: Hilâl-i Ahmer,Urdu: ہلالِ احمر) is a charitable organization, part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Hilal Ahmar is a humanitarian non-profit organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness in several Islamic countries. The name 'Red Crescent' was internationally recognized in 1906 at the request of the Ottoman Empire.
History
The First Red Crescent Societies in the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire established the first Red Cross Society in the Muslim world in 1869. However, this was a Geneva committee effort rather than a national one. They had succeeded in persuading Dr. Abdullah Bey (1801-1874), an Austrian-born Ottoman surgeon, to establish a Red Cross Society in Istanbul at a medical symposium in Paris. There were a lot of Christians on the first Ottoman committee. Prior to the Balkan and Tripoli Wars, it was little active.
The emergence of the Young Turks led to the gradual appropriation of Turkish society for nationalist protests and official sponsorship.
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