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Turkish consulate Orhan Yalman Okan has thanked Hyderabadi people for their support after the devastating earthquake in Turkey. All Godown are now full and the consulate is not accepting any material support now.
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Ankara: Turkish goalkeeper Ahmet Eyup Turkaslan, has died after the earthquake that struck Turkey with a magnitude of 7.7 on the Richter scale on Monday.
Yeni Malatyaspor, the Turkish club, announced on its Twitter account on Tuesday, “Our goalkeeper, Ahmet Eyup Turkaslan, lost his life after he was trapped under the rubble following the earthquake.”
“We will not forget you, beautiful person,” club wrote.
As per Turkish reports, the body of Ahmed Eyup Turkaslan, was found under the rubble of the Turkey earthquake, hours after he went missing after his house collapsed, but the rescue forces were able to find the guard’s wife, alive.
Ahmet Eyup Turkaslan was born on September 11, 1994, in Yavuzili, located in Gaziantep, Turkey, and there he started football in the city club youth academy.
He later moved to several clubs, where in 2021 he signed with Yeni Malatyaspor, with whom he played six official matches.
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New Delhi: “Hello, are you safe?” Sercan Unsal, a Turkish-origin person settled in Delhi, utters these words every few minutes as he rings relatives and friends in Earthquake-hit T rkiye and disconnects soon after hearing the answer from the other side in affirmation.
“As the rescue operation is underway, I don’t want to occupy the phone lines. There is no electricity and people living there are also facing network issues. We just want to ascertain whether they are well and fine. I ask them ‘Are you safe’. If they say ‘Yes’, I cut the call,” 45-year-old Unsal, who owns a Turkish restaurant here, told PTI.
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Monday and multiple aftershocks killed more than 5,000 people and flattened thousands of buildings in T rkiye and neighbouring Syria. The quake was centred in T rkiye’s southeastern province of Kahramanmaras and felt as far away as Cairo.
Turkish-origin people living in India are trying to stay calm despite knowing that their home country would take several years to overcome the devastation.
Some are still oblivious of the whereabouts of their loved ones, Unsal said. A few Turkish-origin people have left for the country after they did not hear back from their family members, claimed Unsal.
Some are calling their loved ones sitting here anxiously waiting for reply and watching the news continuously for updates.
Unsal shifted to Delhi 25 years back while most of his family is in T rkiye. Soon after the earthquake reports came in, he telephoned his family members.
“I heave a sigh of relief knowing my family and in-laws are safe. We are fine, yet not fine,” Unsal said.
With every passing hour, Unsal, who lives here with his son, is receiving reports about the demise of friends, a school teacher and his family, and several of his neighbours are still missing.
“It is very heartbreaking to know. Every time I call, I get to know about so and so’s death and it is devastating to know that my country where I spent my childhood is facing this,” Unsal rued.
There is also regret among the Turkish diaspora as they feel they are sitting while most of their family members are on roads without roofs and have to witness the tragic and heart-wrenching scenes.
“We are sitting safely at home. Thousands of miles away…our family members back home do not have place to spend chilly nights and many of their friends are still missing. It is making us restless,” he noted.
Around three friends have left for T rkiye as they did not hear from their family members, he informed.
“My friends’ families live in Hatay and their houses have been demolished. Their family is not responding which is why they left for the country,” Unsal informed.
Unsal thanked India for extending help to the country. “I welcome India’s move to send help to the country. I want to thank the government. It fills my heart.”
Fidan Duman, another Turkish-origin person living in Delhi, is overwhelmed with emotions as devastating news keeps on pouring from his country.
Talking to this PTI reporter, Duman, a civil engineer who lives with her two children and husband in the capital, said in a heavy voice “though my family is safe, my friends and other acquaintances are still nowhere to be found”.
“I wish I could talk to you more but I am in no position. My country is in great pain. My family is safe but so many people are dying,” she said.
India on Monday decided to immediately dispatch search and rescue teams of the National Disaster Response Force, medical teams and relief material to T rkiye following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s instructions to offer all possible assistance to the country.
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Two famous Turkish actors Cagri Citanak and Melisa Asli Pamuk announced on social media that members of their families were under the rubble, after the earthquake that struck several cities in southern Turkey and northern Syria, on the morning of Monday, February 6, 2023.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 occurred in the Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaras at 4:17 am on Monday.
Cagri and Melisa called for help on social media after they received no information from their families.
After the earthquake that stifled Turkey, the actor Cagri Citanak shared on his Twitter account. Citanak made a call for help, stating that his mother was under the rubble in the destroyed building in the Sumerler District of Antakya.
Cagri appealed to the Ministry of Interior and the Turkish Presidency of Disasters and Emergencies. His fans followed.
Citanak tweeted, “The building A/3 Block, which was demolished in Hatay / Antakya / Sümerler Mahallesi Harbiye Street, is the apartment where I was born and grew up. My mom was there!”
Turkish actor, who was known by the Arab audience in the series “You Knock My Door”, added in the same tweet, “This building is the tallest and naturally the most populated building. Please reach out and help so that more people can be saved,” and called out to AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management) and AHBAP Association.
As for the Turkish actress Melissa Asli Pamuk, who became famous through the series “Blind Love”, she indicated that two of her family members are also stuck under the rubble. However, they were rescued later.
The Turkish actress wrote in a tweet, “My grandmother cannot walk, she is sick… She and my aunt are trapped in the building. We do not know what their condition is now.”
Then Melissa added her grandmother’s home address in another tweet and asked the people to help them, or to give her any news about them.
In another tweet, Melissa announced that her grandmother and aunt were rescued.
“My grandmother and my aunt both survived. Thank God. May God help our country…,” Melissa tweeted.
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Delhi: Turkey’s Ambassador to India Firat Sunel referred to New Delhi as ‘dost’ (Hindi for friend) after the Centre decided to send relief and humanitarian aid to the quake-hit nation where more than 4,300 people died in the aftermath of a devastating 7.8-magnitude quake that struck an area close to the Syrian border.
In a tweet late Monday night, Sunel said: “‘Dost’ is a common word in Turkish and Hindi… We have a Turkish proverb: ‘Dost kara gunde belli olur’ (a friend in need is a friend indeed). Thank you very much.”
On Tuesday, India dispatched the first batch of humanitarian aid along with a rescue team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to Turkey.
Taking to Twitter, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said: “India’s Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) capabilites in action.
The 51-member NDRF team headed by Deputy Commandant Deepak Talwar left from the Hindon Airport in Ghaziabad for Turkey on board an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft.
On Monday, the Centre had announced that two NDRF teams comprising 100 personnel with specially trained dog squads and necessary equipment were ready to be flown to Turkey for search and rescue operations.
According to the government, medical teams were also being readied with trained doctors and paramedics with essential medicines.
As of Tuesday morning, the toll in Turkey stood at 2,921, while in Syria it increased to 1,451.
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Washington: US President Joe Biden spoke to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and reaffirmed the US’ readiness to provide “any and all” needed assistance to Turkey in the wake of devastating earthquakes.
In a statement, the White House said Biden “noted that US teams are deploying quickly to support Turkish search and rescue efforts and co-ordinate other assistance that may be required by people affected by the earthquakes, including health services or basic relief items”.
President Biden also expressed condolences on behalf of the American people to those who were injured or lost loved ones in the earthquakes.
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