Chinese support invaluable after quake

The Chinese have paid great attention to the earthquake in Turkiye.

I was at the Turkish Consulate General in Shanghai today. Chinese people have been calling the contact numbers of the Turkish Consulate General in Shanghai all day long.

We set up an extra team of Turkish students to catch up. As the Turkish Students Association, we have established a call center that works with the Turkish Consulate General in Shanghai and a group to organize items accumulated in the warehouse. We were very touched by the Chinese attention to the earthquake in Turkey.

In addition, we established a coordination team with the Chinese Embassy in Ankara to find Turkish translators for the Chinese search and rescue teams there.

The biggest problem we face in China is we have many Chinese friends who want to donate. But unfortunately, there are various US embargoes and problems in transferring money from China to Turkiye . Apart from that, we help send materials such as generators, heaters, medical supplies, winter clothes, coats and shoes through Turkish Airlines. In various cities of China, Muslims collected donations during Friday prayers.

The author is a journalist at Ayd?nl?k Newspaper.