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Turks in S’pore feeling desperate, doing what they can to help: Turkish Ambassador

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Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the Republic of Singapore Mehmet Burçin Gönenli in an interview with the Straits Times, 23 Feb 2023.

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.