"Türkiye One Heart"
Türkiye's new campaign for earthquake victims, "Türkiye One Heart" raised over TL 115.1 billion ($6.1 billion).
Broadcast hosted by eight national TV channels, including ATV – a TV station owned by Turkuvaz Media Group – was live-streamed on over 200 Turkish and international channels and over 500 radio stations from the country and abroad.
Moderated by TV personalities
Nihat Hatipo?lu, Pelin ?ift, former model ?a?la ?ikel, media mogul Acun Il?cal? and others.
The donors included children, soldiers, diplomats, CEOs of large corporations, and more, who pledged to make donations to Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) and the Turkish Red Crescent (K?z?lay).
Actors, renowned TV personalities
?Bar?? Ardu?, Berk Oktay, Burak ?z?ivit, Hande Er?el, Engin Akyürek, Esra Erol, Afra Sara?o?lu, Burak Deniz, Alp Navruz, Asl? Enver, Merve Dizdar, Bar?? Falay, Selahattin Pa?al?, ?zge ?zpirin?ci, U?ur Güne?, Murat Y?ld?r?m, Mehmet ?zgür, Birkan Sokullu, Eda Ece, Melisa Asl? Pamuk, Ismail Hac?o?lu, Kadir Do?ulu and his wife Neslihan Atagül Do?ulu, Seda Sayan, Hasan Can Kaya , Aras Bulut Iynemli, Ezgi Mola and Halit Ergen? were among famous names answering the phone calls set up for donations.
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey made the highest donation worth TL 30 billion followed by state-run lenders Ziraat with TL 20 billion, Vakif with TL12 billion and Halkbank with TL 7 billion.
The country's GSM operators Turkcell and Turk Telekom donated TL 3.5 billion and TL 2 billion, respectively.
Turkish conglomerates Cengiz Holding and Kalyon Holding donated TL 2.5 billion and TL 950 million, respectively.
Türkiye's Saving Deposit Insurance Fund, Borsa Istanbul and Türkiye Sigorta donated TL 2 billion each.
The country's defense firm Baykar and flag carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) donated TL 2 billion each.
Other countries' donations
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, who joined the campaign via phone, donated $1.07 million.
Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan donated a total of $55,000.
World Meskhetian Turks Union President Ziyatdin Kassanov announced that they supported the campaign with $1 million.
Mehmet Büyükek?i, the president of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), made an announcement that he donated TL 1 million from his own pocket while stating that as the TFF, they donated TL 20 million on the first day of the earthquake.
Our amateur football players have been incredibly generous, donating a remarkable TL 200,000 collected among themselves.
Artist Haluk Levent also took part in the campaign through a donation of TL 500,000.
Many inspiring donations and solidarity messages came solely from the citizens of the "Türkiye One Heart" campaign, including an 11-year-old girl named Rumeysa Inceda? who donated TL100,000, money her mother had saved for her since the day she was born, to heal the wounds of earthquake victims.
Farmer Orhan Ko?ak from Konya donated his entire savings of TL 40,000.
As Vartur Real Estate we are happy to write about these kinds of good things during this big Disaster that happened, we wish everyone will be safe, Our heartfelt condolences to those affected by this tragedy. Let's all continue to keep Turkey and Syria in our thoughts and prayers.
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