Prince William and Kate Middleton are making sure to thank those who have helped raise money following the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria last month.
18.02.2023 - 21:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
When Tekin Akdulum woke to the news that a catastrophic 7.8-magnitude earthquake had hit his home country, the first thing he did was open his family's Whatsapp group.
His parents live in East Turkey, but other relatives including aunties, uncles, and cousins all still live in his birth town of Adiyaman - just a few hours away from the epicentre.
Buildings there have been reduced to rubble, as rescuers were still pulling survivors from the wreckage several days on from the disaster. It's estimated over 36,000 people have been killed in one of the world's most devastating natural disasters. Around 5,800 people have died after the earthquake also hit Syria.
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For Tekin, 42, who owns a sweet shop in Didsbury and now lives with his wife and son in Bradford, news of earthquakes in Turkey don't come as a particular shock. He recalls sleeping in his parents cars after an earthquake hit the country when he was a young boy.
But when he was unable to reach his family in Adiyaman for several hours last Monday (6 February) he feared the worse. Luckily, all his immediate family have now been accounted for, but some distant relatives remain missing - feared dead.
Pieces of their home are now scattered across the town, and everything they once owned has been lost. But for Tekin, all that matters is that they are alive. "Everything else can be re-bought," he says.
The dad-of-one flew out to be with his family on Monday - a week on from the earthquake. He wants to make sure they have all the supplies they need to keep them safe, and to bring some much-needed 'positive energy.'
"They have lost everything, everything is destroyed," he said,
Prince William and Kate Middleton are making sure to thank those who have helped raise money following the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria last month.
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