A Turkish team comprised of 33 search and rescue, and technical experts left for Tokyo, Japan on Friday in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami, Anadolu agency reported.
A ceremony was held at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport before the team flew to Tokyo.
Speaking at the ceremony, Japanese Ambassador to Turkey Kiyoshi Araki said the disaster zone was cold and quake victims were waiting for this search and rescue team.
Araki said he believed the team would carry out efficient initiatives there.
Yalcin Mumcu, the director of Bursa Civil Defense Search and Rescue Unit heading the team, said they were carrying radiation measuring devices with them.
"We will do our best, and we are going there to share the agonies of people," Mumcu also said.
Moreover, Turkey will send three vehicles, two trailers, 40 dosimeters, five radiation measuring devices to Japan later on Friday.
According to recent reports, 5,600 people lost their lives and 2,400 others were wounded in the devastating earthquake and tsunami disaster that hit Japan. 9,500 people have been reported missing.
Around 380,000 people have been evacuated from their places so far.
Last week's 9.0 quake and tsunami set off the nuclear problems by knocking out power to cooling systems at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant on the northeast coast. Since then, four of the troubled plant's six reactor units have seen fires, explosions or partial meltdowns.
The unfolding crises have led to power shortages in Japan, forced factories to close, sent shockwaves through global manufacturing and triggered a plunge in Japanese stock prices.