More than 120 family members lost from earthquake in Turkey

Periskopi

10 February 2023, 13:27(3 years ago)

A Turk who lives in Edinburgh says he has lost more than 120 members of his family in Monday's devastating earthquake that hit Turkey. Sahin Firat is the president of the Turkish-Scoze Chamber of Commerce and which is co-ordinating donations for appeal to the earthquake in the Scottish capital. “I just lost [...]

Sahin Firat is the president of the Turkish-Scoze Chamber of Commerce and which is co-ordinating donations for appeal to the earthquake in the Scottish capital.

I've only lost more than 120 people to my family, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandchildren... and also others from my village, neighbours”, he told the BBC Radio Good Morning 2010 programme.

Each day is worse and worse. It's an emergency situation, such as the war, we've been collecting clothes, food, but now they need money to keep them from having a house”, he said, pointing to the situation going on there.

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