The Turkish Embassy in Bishkek launched an aid campaign in cash and in kind in the country after the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş, which were described as the “disaster of the century”.
A farewell program was held in the capital Bishkek with the participation of the Turkish Embassy in Bishkek, the Kyrgyzstan Meskhetian Turks Association and the officials of private logistics companies.
In the program, it was stated that the owners of Turkish logistics companies operating in Bishkek supported the delivery of aid materials collected at the Turkish Embassy in Bishkek to the earthquake area by land.
4 trucks with the inscription “Help from the Kyrgyz people to the Turkish people” were sent off to the disaster area with prayers.
$746,000 was deposited into the account opened by the Ministry of Finance.
The Ministry of Finance of Kyrgyzstan announced that 746 thousand 400 (14 million TL) dollars have been deposited to the bank account opened to collect aid for earthquake victims in Turkey.
Representatives of Kyrgyzstan Uyghur Turks handed over the 95,000 dollar cash aid they collected to Ahmet Sadik Doğan, Turkey’s Ambassador to Bishkek.
Bahtiyar Nazarov, President of the Association of Gök Turks in Osh Region, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that they did their best to heal the wounds of the earthquake disaster in Turkey.
Nazarov stated that they collected and sent approximately 6 thousand dollars in aid in the districts of Kara-Suu, Aravan and Özgen in the Osh Region of the country, and they received donations of 2 Kyrgyz traditional tents from the resident of the village of Don-Bulak in the city of Özgen.
Kyrgyzstan Erk Party Deputy Chairman Aydar Khalikov also said that after the earthquakes in Turkey, all peoples living in Kyrgyzstan are “one heart” and they continue to collect the aid they can.
Halikov, with the participation of Erk Party Chairman Tursunbay Bakir Uulu, told that they read the Quran in the program they organized for those who lost their lives in the earthquakes in Turkey.