The Turkish American Association of Northern Texas promotes Turkish culture and supports the Turkish American community in North Texas – now their members are coming together to help recovery efforts on the ground in Turkey.
struck southeast Turkey on Monday morning, crumbling homes, killing more than 3,800 people and leaving devastation across a wide swath of the country and into northern Syria.
"It's very, very, very tragic as you can see the buildings have collapsed you might see some videos of people being pulled and the Turkish rescue organizations are full force ahead." TURANT is working to collect cash donations for search and rescue organizations there, and collaborating with Turkish American associations across the country to find out how to ship supplies to their homeland.
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