They're banding together to help those whose lives have been devastated by the earthquake.
Oktay Basceken and his wife Nalen Basceken who live in Ellesmere, are from a area devasted by the Turkey earthquake. They are raising money for the appeal
Within 24 hours after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, members of Telford’s Turkish Community Association had collected almost 100 boxes of critical aid. “Everybody didn’t think it was that big, but when the sun came up everyone realised just how bad it was. A total disaster.”Faruk explained: “We called an association working with the Turkish government on Monday morning and asked if they were taking donations, they said yes so we started collecting.His daughter, eight-year-old, Betul, included one of her own teddy bears with a note that read: “This is the teddy bear I hug when I sleep every night, I’m sending it you.
Their immediate families, who live near the town of Antakya, are safe but living in shelters with only the clothes they had when they escaped their homes in the early hours of the morning of the earthquake.
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