A short film about the story of humanitarian demining in Turkey

A short film titled “Danger Mines” was produced on the humanitarian demining operation conducted under the project co-funded by the European Union and the Republic of Turkey and implemented with the first partnership of UNDP Turkey, the Ministry of National Defense, Turkish General Staff and Ministry of Interior in the field of mine clearance.

On the occasion of 4 April International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, European Union Delegation to Turkey in close cooperation with the UNDP Turkey and National Mine Action Centre of Ministry of National Defense held a gala screening of the film which tells how the first humanitarian demining operation in Turkey is being conducted and the human stories around it. 

Since the launch of the “Socioeconomic Development through Demining and Increasing the Border Surveillance Capacity at the Eastern Borders of Turkey” project in 2016, over 4.1 million m2 has been released with the destruction of over 38,000 anti-personnel mines.

More than 500 personnel from National Mine Action Centre (TURMAC), Land Forces Command and Ministry of Interior were trained through formal capacity development activities focusing on mine action and Integrated Border Management (IBM) topics. More than 200 jobs were created for local people who were trained to become assistant health personnel and mine clearance personnel. A national land release policy for Turkey was prepared.