Donations flood in to fill shipping containers being sent to Türkiye to help those affected by the devastating earthquake, as sanctions complicate relief efforts.
Key points:Perth's Turkish community has been sending shipping containers of suppliesAfter watching the news on the devastating earthquake which hit her home country, Funda Sevdim felt sad, hopeless, and spurred into action."Most of the Perth community is from the Gaziantep area — one of the highly hit areas," she said.
Donations flooded in so quickly, the Turkish Islamic Association was already planning to organise more shipping containers. Talar Anjer-Koushian came to Australia as a refugee in 2016 as part of the Armenian diaspora from Syria.
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