Published February 11,2023
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams expressed assist Friday for Türkiye within the wake of two highly effective earthquakes that killed hundreds of individuals.
Adams famous that Türkiye hosts Syrian refugees fleeing persecution throughout a go to to a Turkish mosque in Brooklyn the place humanitarian donations are being collected for victims of the earthquakes that had been centered in Kahramanmaraş in southern Türkiye.
“You have always been there for other countries and we want to be here,” Adams advised reporters following Friday prayers. “We are all feeling the pain that Turkiye is going through right now.”
Adams was welcomed by the Consul General of Turkey in New York, Reyhan Özgür, who thanked the Turkish-American group for his or her help in serving to quake victims.
Özgür mentioned the consulate has shipped greater than 50 tons of humanitarian support materials to Türkiye and greater than 200 tons of humanitarian help will probably be shipped from New Jersey.
At least 20,213 folks had been killed and 80,052 others injured by two sturdy earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Monday, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca mentioned Friday.
The 7.7- and seven.6-magnitude earthquakes, centered within the Kahramanmaraş province, affected greater than 13 million folks throughout 10 provinces, additionally together with Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Şanlıurfa.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
