An artisan bakery and cafe in Bristol is running a special bake sale this weekend and donating all the profits to provide aid to those impacted by the earthquake in Turkey, via the non-profit organisation AHBAP. Bake Away on Chandos Road will be selling Turkish specialities alongside its usual fare of pastries, loaves and cakes from 9am to 4pm this Saturday (February 19).
It's been more than a week since a deadly earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, flattening cities, injuring tens of thousands and killing over 40,000 people. Bake Away owner Ece Seveal, who is originally from Istanbul, told Bristol Live that after it struck, her first instinct was to try to make her way there.
She said: "In the first couple of days, I didn't know how I could help. I just wanted to physically be there because I was like in shock, it was so sad. So I was literally checking the tickets to go to Turkey, to this area, to help people because I was feeling so useless here.
