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The selling of the tents violated the principles of the Red Crescent and human rights law, the TTB argued.

The spoils system in the institution that has ten affiliated companies and a huge budget is not limited to political links, but also involves family relations.

Kerem Kınık who stood behind the sale of 2 thousand 50 tents to the AHBAB charity organization for 2.4 million dollars before, yesterday said that the sale was made without his knowledge and that he would have instructed differently if he had been asked.

The chairperson of the Turkish Pharmacists' Association informed that they purchased from the Red Crescent five tents they needed to distribute free medicine to quake victims and that they paid 140 thousand lira for each.

Both the Red Crescent and the AHBAP association admitted the sale after a journalist's report. An opposition MP has brought the issue to the parliamentary agenda, accusing the government of turning the Red Crescent into a "business."

Arriving in the scene of the incident, Turkish Red Crescent Chair Kerem Kınık has indicated that the assaulters will be caught in the shortest possible time.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has condemned its Vice President and Turkish Red Crescent Chair Kerem Kınık over his hate speech. Presidential Communications Director Altun has expressed support for Kınık.