TC12AKUT QRV Schedule

Dear HAM, Friends...

" TC12AKUT " Special event call signe will be QRV between 01 December 2008 / 16 December 2008... for the 12th aniversary of AKUT Search & Rescue Association and for the 1st activity of the " AKUT DX Pedition Team" ...

The team will be lead by TA0U / Urcun CANEL.

The memebers of the AKUT DX Pedition Team are;

TA0U / Urcun CANEL
TA1CN / Can ARSLAN
TA2CL / Onder TURAN
TA2FP / Eren DEMIR
TA2JG / Kaya ARSLANTEPE
TA2JN / Serkan ABACI
.... and some other voluntary HAM, friends will be with the team...


During this periode the DX Pedition team will be QRV on;

* Kartepe N40 37.414 / E30 07.200 - to 2908 m

Camp and technical resp. : Serhat AKBEL
Expected weather conditions : snow 0 / -5C

The QSL manager is TA0U;
P.O. Box 17 34734 Sahra-i Cedid
Istanbul / Republic of Turkiye


For more information about the event pls check ;

http://www.ta0u.com/detay.asp?id=4289 and http://www.qrz.com ( with the special event call signe TC12AKUT )



Hope to hear you on the frq....

Best regards

73! de
TA0U / Urcun CANEL

TA1KC / AKUT
Search & Rescue Association
Disaster Communication Resp.

ta0u@ta0u.com
urcuncanel@akut.org.tr

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AKUT ​

Search & Rescue Association​

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Brief Historical Account of AKUT​

The number of people doing outdoor sports in Turkey has increased considerably during the 90’s causing increase in accidents in the nature.

In 1994, during the search activity for 2 mountaineers that got lost on the Bolkar Mountains, it has been understood that the good-will of the local people, the Gendarmerie, the Mountain
Climbers’ Federation and the mountaineers from different regions were not enough. The search activity had resulted in failure due to various problems. After that, a group of mountaineers started thinking on how search and rescue activities should be made more efficient and correct.

It was realized that the team should rely on volunteer basis. As the need for a team specialized in search and rescue became solid, AKUT used its name for the first time in the search and rescue operation in 1995 at Keşiştepe on the Uludağ Mountain. In the beginning of 1996, AKUT Search and Rescue Association got founded officially.

AKUT had constructed its administrative structure according to its rules and regulations as stated in the laws. On the other hand, AKUT had organized in a wider spectrum still according to its rules and regulations. It had a different organization scheme that could react instantly during search and rescue operations. This way, as an example of democratic civil society association was set; a disciplined operational structure with a narrow hierarchy triangle that could make fast decisions in emergencies was born.

At the beginning, the main goal was to organize correct search and rescue activities on mountain and in other nature environments.

Getting its earthquake training in January 1997, and its flood training in June 1997, AKUT became capable of helping official institutions during natural disasters.

Therefore, human resources focused not only at mountaineers, but at everyone who would work to save lives without any personal expectations.

While going through various search and rescue operations, team trainings, organizations, advertisement workshops, agreements, protocols with related institutions and while looking for new sponsors and advertisement opportunities, AKUT was faced with the Marmara earthquake. On August 17, 1999 AKUT reacted to the disaster immediately. AKUT worked with 150 permanent members. It organized over 1000 people to work. It was on duty when over 200 people were rescued from the debris. AKUT managed a large amount of medical and support supplies sent from within or abroad Turkey to be delivered to the victims either directly or through the Red Crescent, the Army and the Crises Desks.

Of course there were problems related to the magnitude of the disaster, the necessity to work at different locations and not having too many members specialized in the earthquake field. On the other hand, due to the preparations made and especially due to psychological readiness for saving lives during disasters, AKUT set a successful search and rescue example.

Before August 17, 1999, the only volunteer association focused on search and rescue was AKUT. After the Marmara Earthquake, hundreds of search and rescue groups came into life in different regions of our country. Associations got founded in different provinces and districts in order to react locally to disasters. In addition to the restructuring of our army and government institutions, a lot of big factories and firms developed teams supported by materials, logistics, and training within themselves. This movement has turned into a national mission and extremely positive steps have been taken.

As a result, AKUT has changed the search and rescue standpoint of many governmental and private sector institutions. It has been a leader of new leaps. It has also worked in order to raise consciousness related to situations before and after disasters. AKUT accepted a mission greater than forethought as a search and rescue association. It has become a good example of a civil society organization. Akut has been selected the organization that people trusted the most in the survey that TESEV did after the Marmara earthquake. When the same survey was conducted a year later, AKUT has been selected the second institution after Turkish Armed Forces. Most of our public heartily supports this volunteer work of civil society. We are proud that we took a leading role in this big movement.

Athens Earthquake that came after the Marmara Earthquake and the work that AKUT did there, has been a symbol of peace and brotherhood regardless of the process unresolved for tens of years. It has showed that at hard times, people can work side by side, without considering the language, religion, race and nation differences.

Again, with the Taiwan earthquake in 1999, the India earthquake in 2001, and the Iran earthquake in 2003, AKUT has developed its position in the international process.

AKUT is a member of INSARAG (Search and Rescue Advising Group under United Nations since 1999). AKUT has become the most knowledgeable and the most experienced team in the earthquake field among the search and rescue teams compatible with international standards in the world.

In addition to these earthquake activities, AKUT has continued its help activities by sending a medical support unit to Mozambique where a flood disaster took place.

AKUT will continue to share its experience and knowledge not only in Turkey, but also abroad. AKUT will continue to undertake operations as much as it can wherever people are in need of help. AKUT will continue to work in cooperation with institutions operating in the same field.

Today, AKUT has about 200 members and another 200 volunteers. It has technical equipment that can mobilize its operational capability. It is the first and number 1 search and rescue group of our country. While it is growing and utilizing its human resources, AKUT is also running projects that will increase the number of conscious individuals in the society. AKUT is ready having the Ankara, Antalya, Bingöl, Bursa, Giresun, İzmir, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Marmaris, Niğde, Olympos, Rize, Trabzon local teams and the Istanbul team to accept duty in emergencies within or outside Turkey and to perform operations according to its mission, to give trainings, to organize drills, to cooperate with local and international institutions, to share its experience and knowledge at home or abroad wherever requested.

As a result of all this structuring, 741 lives have been saved in 503 operations up-to-date. (23/11/2008 )


AKUT’s MISSION and ETHICAL VALUES

AKUT, runs for help in all circumstances within its capabilities to everyone demanding help and needing help. AKUT is at the same time, a disciplined and well trained civil society organization based on volunteering. This organization is educating and increasing the consciousness of the society. It uses equipments with high standards and does not deal with politics.

AKUT’s PRINCIPLES

Voluntary Effort
Honesty
Reliability
Helpfulness
Respect for and giving value to human life

ETHICS and OUR ETHICAL VALUES

At the beginning, AKUT was an organization of civilian society founded by a small number of mountaineers to help victims of mountain and nature accidents. These people were in harmony, knew each other well. They had accepted a mission and ethical principles according to themselves by speaking, consolidating with each other. Although not written, these ethical principles and this mission were defined and were the same for everyone. On the other hand, in the process that started with the Adana-Ceyhan earthquake and that continued with the August 17 earthquake, its member profile broadened and changed along with AKUT’s mission. As the number of people increased and the spectrum of opinions widened, due to the risk of concepts confusion and the risk of ethics, principles, objectives loss or transformation, the values had to be defined and written so that they could be correctly described to the new members and the public. It is a natural outcome of the changing world order that there will be changes in the objectives and the ethical values. The important thing is that all members unite in the basic principles stated above and that there will be no deviation from the volunteer basis, honesty, reliability, helpfulness and respect for human life.

• Respecting Human Life: It is the number one ethical value of AKUT to save the human life and it is what keeps AKUT alive. When looking in the past, we can see the endeavors of mountaineers trying to help their friends in mountain accidents. This is the founding mission of AKUT. Later this mission expanded to encompass natural disasters and brought AKUT up to an international level.
• Acting voluntarily and being helpful without expecting anything in return: While AKUT is aiming to help people in mountain accidents, in natural disasters or in any accident, AKUT works completely voluntarily without expecting any monetary or any other benefits. This is the second ethical value of AKUT.
• Honesty and Reliability: The AKUT members who have targeted saving lives voluntarily without seeking any personal benefits, have to be honest to victims at the time of the disaster. They also have to be honest, consistent and reliable to each other and to the public. This is our third ethical value.

• Independence: AKUT should be independent in all ways. In order for AKUT to exist and to finance its operation, training, manoeuvre, equipment and product costs, it needs donations and sponsorship agreements. On the other hand, AKUT cannot limit itself or put itself to dependent, side taking positions while signing these agreements. AKUT is dependent only on Atatürk principles and reforms, Republic of Turkey laws, the Turkish people and their rich culture. Only the benefits of this country and the basic humanitarian values can limit AKUT. This means that independence is an important ethical value.
• Correct Relations with the Media: While AKUT is operating, it will be in relation with the media sometimes for promotion, sometimes to give information, and sometimes to educate the public. These relations should be maintained by defined and assigned members. These members should never put themselves up front instead of AKUT in order to obtain benefits for themselves. The AKUT name and the AKUT ID should not be damaged. When giving information to the media, honest publishing principles should be maintained and expected from the other side. Relationships with the media should always be moderate, staying away from unnecessary destructive arguments. Only assigned members should produce the films, photographs, and shows to be handed to the media or to be archived. These documents should be handled by one authority. Therefore, one other ethical value of AKUT is to be in correct relations and side by side with the media.
• Openness: AKUT and AKUT members should always be open and accountable. Nothing should be hidden from the public or other members. Since we exist through the help of our state and our nation, we should be accountable for every deed we make. The members should be honest, open and accountable to each other. The hidden groupings that cannot be defined will harm the integrity of AKUT.
• Making profit not being the end target: As you know, AKUT exists through the donations and the assistance of the state and the sponsors, but these donations are never enough for AKUT to exist. In the future, when legal rights are obtained, trade corporations will be founded within AKUT not only to make profit, but to use that income to keep AKUT alive, to run operations, to give training to the public, to realize the founding objectives and the objectives that lie in the ethical values.