Turkey earthquake, October 2011
More than 270 people have been confirmed killed by the quake and several aftershocks, while thousands are homeless.
Turkish American Chamber of Commerce of the Southeast US
Several Atlanta-based Turkish business and cultural groups are organizing a relief fund for victims of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit the eastern part of that country on 23 October.
Atlanta’s Istanbul Center and Turkish American Chamber of Commerce of the Southeast US accepted donations to the Istanbul Center Turkey Earthquake Relief Fund for relief and reconstruction: www.istanbulcenter.org
The Atlanta chapter of the American Turkish Friendship Council also collected funds to repair a school and dormitory in the eastern city of Van, Turkey, which is in the region most badly affected by the quake.
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The
Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey initiated an aid campaign
geared towards providing monetary aid, assistance in kind, zero-interest credit
support and urgent necessities.
2.5 million TL (approx. 1.05 million Euro
) have been collected through the donations of TOBB and Turkish business
comunity viaTurkish Chambers and Commodity
Exchanges.
The total amount donated by TOBB
is 1 million TL (approx 422 .000 Euro). Apart from this, in order to respond rapidly to the basic needs of
the victims, aid convoys were organized by TOBB.
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