A Turkish barber in Galway city said he is overwhelmed at the response to his appeal for clothing and equipment to donate to earthquake survivors
The supplies will be taken to Dublin where the Turkish Embassy is overseeing the national relief effort in Ireland.The Turk's Barber Shop on the old Dublin Road has seen a steady stream of items dropped off since its owner put out an appeal for aid in his stricken homeland.
"All of these items are needed urgently and we will make several journeys in a truck to Dublin this weekend." "When I saw shipments going from the Turkish Embassy, I decided straight away to get involved and organise an appeal amongst the Turkish/Irish community in Galway." "So it's our small way to leave in clothes this morning and hopefully over the coming weeks, we'll try and do more for these poor unfortunate people""We responded to a shout out to people to donate warm clothes and blankets," she said.
A short distance away in a Turkish kebab house, Kagan Karakash is facetiming his elderly parents and brother in Malatya.
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