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36 Thai evacuees return from Turkey

Thai returnees from Turkey wave as they are transported from Suvarnabhumi Airport to the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi for a health examination before being sent to their hometowns. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

Thai evacuees from the earthquake in Turkey have expressed their grateful appreciation to His Majesty the King and the government of Thailand, saying the assistance offered has been beyond their expectations.

Warachaya Sirisopaworakul, a 41-year-old woman from Chaiyaphum province, was among the 36 people evacuated from Turkey on Wednesday night by a Thai air force plane back to the kingdom. She left the country in June last year to work at a spa in a hotel in Hatay province just south of Ankara, Turkey's capital.

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