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Turkey donation campaign raises $5bn
15 February 2023 22:14 GMT
A new fundraising drive for earthquake victims in Turkey raised almost 100 billion Turkish liras ($5.3bn) within two hours of the campaign’s start on Wednesday.
Companies, institutions, organisations, and individuals made donations to the campaign, named Turkiye One Heart, via a joint live broadcast through 200 television and 500 radio channels.
Popular TV stars from different channels urged the public to make donations to the Turkish disaster management agency Afad and the Turkish Red Crescent.
Turkey earthquake aid campaign raises over $5bn
