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German-Turkish community races to send money and blankets to quake victims

Turkish community residents in Berlin, one the world's largest communities outside of Turkey, collect bags and boxes with warm clothes and other valuable goods to support victims of the deadly earthquake in Turkey, at a neighbourhood in Berlin, Germany, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Turkish and Kurdish communities in Germany have launched donation drives to send money, warm clothes and blankets to victims of a devastating earthquake that tore through Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday.

As news of the disaster spread and sparked frantic appeals for help, volunteers began collecting aid in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich for the thousands left injured or homeless after their homes were destroyed.

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