EU Civil Protection Mechanism welcomes Turkey as new participating state

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - MAY 06: Fuat Oktay, President of Turkish Prime Ministry's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), delivers a speech during a signing ceremony for the agreement on the participation of Turkey in the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism on May 06, 2015 in Brussels, Belgium. At the European Civil Protection Forum 2015 held in the Belgian capital, Turkey was admitted into the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism, which was established in 2001 to promote cooperation among national civil protection authorities across the continent. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)