Resources

🇨🇦 Canada Wide

988: Established in 2023, Dial 9-8-8 to access a Canada-wide suicide crisis line.

Crisis Services Canada: Established in 2002, Crisis Services Canada is a nonprofit national network of existing distress, crisis, and suicide prevention line services that assist populations across Canada.

Kids Help Phone: Canada’s only 24/7 call-in service, Kids Help Phone offers professional counselling, information and referrals, and volunteer-led, text-based support to young people in both English and French.  

eMentalHealth.ca: eMentalHealth.ca is a Canada-wide mental health support service database for crisis intervention, mental health education, and services including counselling and therapy, among other health services.  

The Lifeline App: The Lifeline App provides access and guidance for individuals in crisis. Online chat, text, and email crisis help is also available.

🇹🇷 Türkiye

Emergency (medical/mental health emergency): Call 112: National emergency number (for ambulance, urgent medical/psychiatric help)

UNHCR Counselling Line: This resource is specifically designed for refugees and asylum seekers in Turkey, offering support in multiple languages, including English, Turkish, and Arabic. Call 444 48 68 between 9:00 and 17:00, Monday to Thursday, and 9:00 to 16:00 on Fridays. 

Mor Çatı Foundation: (212) 292 52 32: Offers psychological services, crisis support, shelter & legal support for survivors of domestic violence, if gender‑based violence or safety is a factor.