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Turks in S’pore feeling desperate, doing what they can to help: Turkish Ambassador
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Turkish Ambassador to Singapore Mehmet Burcin Gonenli said there are about 800 Turkish people living in Singapore who wanted to help.
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SINGAPORE - Moments after Turkish Ambassador to Singapore Mehmet Burcin Gonenli heard about the earthquake in his country on Feb 6, a colleague approached him, sick with worry.
The woman, the embassy’s first secretary and deputy chief of mission, had family in Kahramanmaras, one of the badly hit regions.


