Turkish Red Crescent said in a statement that a crisis desk was established at the agency following the Chilean quake.
"We contacted with Chilean authorities and Chilean Red Cross through the Prime Ministry Natural Disaster and Crisis Management Administration and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to let them know that we are ready to provide them with any kind of assistance," it said.
The agency said that three experts from the team in Haiti would travel to Chile via Panama, Peru and Argentina to determine the most urgent requirements of quake survivors.
Another team formed by the Turkish Red Crescent and Turkish search-and-rescue team AKUT is kept ready to leave for Chile.
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday, ripping apart buildings, highways and bridges before sending waves rumbling across the Pacific Basin. At least 300 people died and more than 2 million people were displaced. The death toll is expected to rise, particularly around Concepción, Chile's second-largest metropolitan area which is close to the quake's epicenter. President Michelle Bachelet said at a news conference on Saturday night that the quake was one of the worst tragedies in the last 50 years and declared a "state of catastrophe".
Source:worldbulletin.net/
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