Topic: [DONATION] A donation campaign for the natural disaster happened in Turkey (Read 1562 times)

The disaster was very heart broken, It was quite unfortunate, imagine the number of persons that lost their lives on the process, the government of Turkey should establish a measure to avert future reoccurrance.

Thank you for being interested. This amount seems a little low because this is a donation that has been collected on only one platform. The total donation amount is much higher than that.


Many people including me don't trust some relief organizations. For example, Turkish Red Crescent have sold tents although they had to send them to the earthquake area on the 1st day of the earthquake.


thank you for good wishes

I have seen on the website that they have raised a total of 75,148,895 TRY, which equals almost 4 million dollars. Is this true? I suppose that although the amount is considerable, it is small considering the magnitude of the tragedy.


I understand from those of you who know more about it that these charities have a reputation for being legit?

@CLS63
If in that form I saw today. However, I have seen it many times in the news before, so I am very saddened. May God give patience to the families of all the people who died in the earthquake.All Leanderry members here must cooperate by helping each other through this forum. I pray for the salvation of the souls of those who were killed in the earthquake.

Unfortunately there was another earthquake happened in Hatay yesterday. Winter conditions forced some of the citizens to enter their damaged houses because the distribution of tents wasn't good enough even though 2 weeks passed after the big earthquake. And unfortunately there were people who were trapped in the wreckage again yesterday.

People who think of making donation can send their donations to AHBAP's addresses through Btcturk
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Madonna shared this post on her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CoqAhnhPOTs/
Even she pointed that donations should be made through ahbap.

Prayers are always offered up for our Turkish-Syrian brothers who were affected by the earthquake, may (God) give strength and fortitude to our brothers in Turkey-Syria.

We who are in Southeast Asia, have already collected donations for Turkey and Syria a few days ago, now it has been one week, some of the funds and aid have arrived in Turkey which are channeled through (IKAMAT), I am happy to be able to help those affected by the earthquake in Turkey-Syria, I hope that the assistance will continue to increase for those in need.

Let's check out which address get how much BTC here:

AKUT - Total Received 0.04006228 BTC - $873.41
Support To Life - Total Received 1.00306779 BTC - $21,868.13
Needs Map - Total Received 0.00000000 BTC - $0.00
Turkish Red Crescent - Total Received 0.04634548 BTC - $1,010.87
Nef Foundation - Total Received 0.00000000 BTC - $0.00
Basic Needs Association (TIDER) - Total Received 1.00036428 BTC - $21,819.48
Community Volunteers Foundation (TOG) - Total Received 1.00767537 BTC - $21,985.32

Even very small amounts can change the life of a person in Turkey. The post the Galatasaray player Zaniolo made is proving this very clearly.





There have been many people who wanted us to share a Bitcoin address under this subject about helping earthquake victims in Turkey. From now on, Ahbap has started to collect donation with Bitcoin as well by collaborating with one of the biggest Turkish exchanges. The address I have shared below is a common address for AHBAP-Btcturk. It isn't my personal address.

Hello bitcoiners, besides some good news and miracles, it's getting worse in Turkiye. Victims of the devastating earthquake need more support. Please consider donating BitcoinBTC to NGO's through BtcTurk, one of the very first exchanges in the world ==> https://donation.btcturk.com

I can't really image what happened in Turkish and how the entire turkey population is feeling right now. It was heartbreaking news. I'd want to donate, but I don't have much but promise to do something even small I believe no amount is too small for donation.I believe the Almighty will send the helpers, and I vow to back it up with prayers that the Almighty will make things easier for everyone in turkey generally.

At times like this, Turkey and Syria needed all the assistance they could get to be able to withstand the earthquake disaster that has currently befallen them. I will continue to pray for them and ask God to give the Turkish people the strength to endure the tragedy.

God bless you, OP, for bringing it up here and asking forum members to do what they can to help the Turkish people. No amount is too small, the donation made for the people of Turkey will go a long way. Let's support and be blessed

Donations are also collected through the Turkish cryptocurrency exchange BtcTurk. Those who want can take a look.
https://donation.btcturk.com/

It's shocking to see what happened in Turkey and Syria. Watching videos of huge buildings full of people falling down in few seconds is one of the scariest things that you can see. It's already confirmed that over 23 000 people lost their lifes and sadly, this number is still increasing. It's miracle that some people are still getting taken alive from rubble after few days, considering that had to spend it in cold, without water and food, seriously injured.
It's bad that Bitcoin isn't accepted for donations, but I'm going to exchange money to help as much as I can. My thoughts with people of Turkey and Syria.

We know that the sensitivity levels of the members on the forum are very high. Therefore I also think there is a significant level of donation from the forum. Besides thank you as well for your sensitivity.


I don't want to talk about any foundation. I just shared Ahbap which is the most trustworthy foundation among all the people here. All the country trust Ahbap. Besides the president of Ahbap said that he was going to share all the invoices with public. I'm also going to add it into the topic when he shares them.
https://twitter.com/haluklevent/status/1624098339946999846

This incident shocked the whole world.  And thousands of people including children and old people lost their lives in this incident. So no one is hesitating to donate here and it is very commendable that the level of donation is increasing day by day. Along with donations from various countries, cryptocurrencies are playing a vital role for donating Turkey during this tragic time. I think  people have donated more or less from this forum. I'm not sure of this but I'm guessing a bit. But I am trying to donate as little as I can. Because this incident brought tears to my eyes

At this stage, we were very happy to see that the world was one heart.  As a Turk, we are in a situation where even the slightest help is needed at this stage.  Hungarian team, Korean team, Japanese team, Poland, Israel and Greece teams from search and rescue teams pulled many people out from under the rubble.  We are grateful to them.  This has become a test not only for Turkey but also for the world.  Accounts will be asked one by one from those in the construction sector in Turkey, responsible for the buildings destroyed in this earthquake.  The most important thing right now is aid and humanitarian needs.  Thank you, dear friends, for being with the Turkish people.

I can vouch.

I also donated to AHBAP* and I recommend you NOT to donate to any other organisation because most people here don't trust the government organisations like Kizilay and AFAD. Kizilay (which is probably the most famous charity organisation in Turkiye) has a history of giving the donation money to another charity organisation (Ensar) which abused children, and AFAD has a manager which is simply not capable and possibly corrupted.

Only DONATE TO AHBAP.

*side note: Ahbap means "Dude" in Turkish.

Türkiye and Greece are the same people living on both sides of the Aegean Sea. It's quite natural for them to come to aid after such a natural disaster. When a similar disaster happens to them, as their neighbors, we go first as usual. Except for some politicians and fascists, there is no one who sees hostility between these two countries and their people.

In addition to that, aid comes from Canada to Japan from all over the world. We are grateful for that.

Unfortunately there are so many agonizing photos reaching us from the earthquake area. It makes me quite happy to see donates coming from all around the world for the earthquake victims. The donation amount collected in the addresses in the OP has passed 3.6 million dollars The relations between Turkey and Greece were very bad until yesterday. But after the disaster our neighbor has been one of the first countries running for our call for help. I hope the humanity can always manage to league together in the future instead of only disaster times.

https://twitter.com/GreeceInTurkiye/status/1623679858151763968

انَّا لِلّٰهِ وَاِنَّآ اِلَيْهِ رٰجِعُوْنَۗ
First of all, I would like to express my condolences for the disaster that has occurred in Turkey. I hope that the people affected by the disaster are given strength and are always under the protection of Allah SWT. Amen
For the families of the victims who died to be given fortitude.
Amen🤲


Sumber: https://twitter.com/MuhammadSmiry/status/1622932360680419330

I can't even speak, sad to see our brothers in Turkey.
#PrayForTurkey

       

       

After a catastrophic earthquake, everything fell apart in moments. The loss of loved ones in the span of a moment will be mourned for a lifetime. With the passing of time, the assurance of life is gradually reducing. 72 hours have almost passed. The tears of losing dearest seem to be getting heavier. Rescue work is underway but much remains to be done. This situation seems to increase the grief. Aid is coming from different parts of the world, but is it possible to quickly help the people under the rubble? Everything will be reconstructed once a time but those people will never be seen.

This one incident in Turkey has moved the hearts of people all over the world. Suddenly on the newsfeed I see a huge magnitude 9 earthquake in Turkey and the roads and all the buildings under construction in Turkey have collapsed. I know why this news was difficult to accept. After a while I can see what tragic situation has been created in Turkey. How people are buried under the rubble. One video really touched my heart. Someone might have been buried under the rubble of the buildings and he might have been hitting some iron very hard with something to attract the attention of the rescue workers so that the rescuers would realize his presence. The truth is very tragic. May God give patience to those who lost their relatives in this accident. What we have to do now is to stand by Turkey and those of us who cannot financially stand by Turkey, pray to God that this situation will be normalized very soon.

This earthquake in Turkey has shaken the hearts of people all over the world. It will not be wrong to say that this earthquake is a tragic earthquake in history. There is nothing worse than being a family member hearing many people plead for help but not being able to do anything for their family. The rescue workers have already managed to rescue many people alive through tireless efforts but the rescuers are also struggling to rescue people from the rubble. Maybe I don't have enough money to donate but I will pray to God that this rescue work will be completed soon and that the Almighty God will save all those who are still alive and that those who have died in this earthquake will be granted paradise.

This earthquake greatly affected everyone living in Turkey like us.  People's hearts break when they see people removed on Twitter and other social media platforms.  It's worse when you don't get anything.  Thank you for being sensitive to this event and for your prayers for us.  I hope we will bring better times hand in hand.

As a humanitarian volunteer and I am also involved in various charity activities that have taken place and more or less I understand how volunteers work hard to help the people there. I hope and pray that all the volunteers who have arrived there will be given health, so that they can carry out activities to help the people there, condolences for the tragedy that has befallen our brothers and sisters in Turkey, "Their current suffering is also part of the sorrow and suffering of all of us".

We as volunteers (LEC) will hold a prayer together with the children in the non-formal school that we manage and plan to hold a prayer this Sunday, hopefully the Turkish people can get through this disaster with patience and accelerate post-traumatic healing.

#PRAY FOR TURKIYE

Guys, first of all I want to thank everyone who has helped and prayed. First of all, the address of the foundation we have shared is an address that all the country trust and which is of a foundation that is working hard with everything it has.

We are being very careful because we have had very bad experiences before in such incidents as the whole country. A few members I know from the Turkish community are living in the earthquake area unfortunately. There have been some members I have been able to reach. But still there are members who I haven't been able to. The friends I have been able to reach are saying that the situation is much worse than it seems on the media. We are facing the biggest disaster of the 100-year history of Republic of Turkey.

Against this disaster, all the support coming from all around the world are becoming some morale for every person who is a victim. Lastly some world-renowned footballers have started to collect donation for earthquake victims by putting up their signed jerseys for auction. https://twitter.com/Merihdemiral/status/1622999188320518144

The incident is really tragic. This is very sad to see.  But it's admirable that so many people are coming forward to donate to it. So far $623k has been donated through bsc wallet via BNB and different stablecoin/coins. who died due to this incident, I hope that god will grant them paradise. And may God grant speedy recovery to those who are injured.
I am not a very rich person.  But I am trying to donate some money.  I donated some money from my signature campaign payment today. Hope everyone will show interest in donating something according to their ability.

Thanks to everyone for their contributions and well wishes.

This double (edit: triple) earthquake might be the most devastating disaster in the history of Turkish republic, the failing government attempts to downplay all the figures for its own ulterior political motives. Several cities feel like ghost towns at night with a few journalists walking in darkness hearing the cries of help coming from under the rubble for kilometers with no help in sight, even after 48 hours, they confess the truth in abject horror even as they know it'll probably cost them their jobs...

https://twitter.com/lordsinov/status/1623042296349397012

https://twitter.com/Thelast05015969/status/1623102891228557313

some journalists are now being prevented from reporting the proportions of the calamity, just citing a few foreign sources so our friends can understand the gravity of the situation.

A geophysics professor puts the minimum estimate of people trapped under collapsed buildings to be 184,000; given there is no scientific survey yet about the total tally of collapsed buildings and missing people, even this is an extremely conservative estimate...

https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/awful-figures-behind-turkey-earthquake-could-mean-the-worst-is-yet-to-come/news-story/84d76aedf7e3e8216d03e98076afe14b

I made a small donation myself, sorry I can't give much  .

This is a tragedy and I can totally relate. I live in Japan and here this can happen any minute, it's just a matter of time.

I have witnessed the 2011 Japan earthquake myself and that was one of the scariest moments of my life, and this was only in Tokyo, can't imagine being in Sendai area at that time.

All the friends I have in Turkey are alive and well, I am thankful for that.

Hopefully there will be all the help provided that's needed and the global community stands together in this sad moment.

It is also very likely that the electricity in the city was cut off to prevent further damage such as fire so that the communication network was somewhat hampered.

Anyway, my deepest condolences go out to all Turkish and Syrian citizens affected.
Sadly there are no (real) bitcoin addresses that can be donated.

I am not too sure, but i believe it was a mistake, the thread was first posted in the Bitcoin discussion board which is the wrong board for this donation campaign, so i feel a moderator wanted to move it to the correct section and probably deleted it mistakenly, but even if i am wrong, good thing is that it is back again and i hope enough members see it and help those that have been affected.

I feel sorry for this tragic disaster that occurred in Turkey. Natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and volcanoes are beyond human control. All they can do is provide assistance to the victims and the injured.

I live in Syria where we felt a violent earthquake in the early morning and the building shook and we felt terrified and all the residents went out into the street, but thank God there was no collapse or major damage, but some areas were greatly damaged by the earthquake, there was destruction of buildings and there were many dead And the injured, but not as big as the disaster in Turkey.

I wish everyone safety and recovery for the sick.

I pray you strength and energy in such turbulent times as this, I saw videos and pictures of the happenings dang! Saw two kiddos traps down somewhere for seventeen fucking hours and finally got help. It gladdens me to see they finally got help on time. Glory to GOD for that.

In such times like this, be very cautious and take caution, verify carefully before dealing with sending funds to anyone one claiming to be a victim of the quake. Scammers are seize chances like this by balls to scam people, so you be safe out there.
I sympathize with the families of the dead and Injured, I bid em speedy recovery. My Allah Guide y'all. 🤲🏽🙏🏽

All institutions are moving to help what happened in Turkey, we saw very little of our brothers and sisters there, how they would experience severe trauma because indeed I have experienced how earthquake shaking occurred in my area, especially when this was on a large scale, even the duration of this shock was more than one minute .

There is nothing else I can only pray for for their recovery as well as concern for them because now the world is looking at Turkey which is the center of attention for aid at the moment.

I just read the local news today that the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria are 7800 people. This is a big number and the victims could even increase.

On the other hand Binance is holding a $100 (TRY 1883) airdrop for affected users and all will be identified by proof of address.

Binance

Turkey is crying because of the earthquake. It is not yet known how many people have died in Turkey. However, it is very important for all countries to step forward with Turkey. Because Turkey is in a lot of danger now, all countries need help to get out of this danger.  But if the government of Pakistan stands by Turkish side, it would be very good. If people of all countries could stand by Turkish side like Pakistan

I was very distressed to see some videos of the earthquake in Turkey that I saw on social media.  Because I saw that many people died in this earthquake, I couldn't hold back my tears. I can't hold back my tears when I think of this incident. Because I had a frend in Turkey after this incident, I can't find any news about him. I'm still going.  I don't know how he is now.  No trace of him alive or dead. Everyone please pray for my friend. And I want us to stand by these helpless people and stand together and help in whatever way we can.

Turkey has experienced the biggest earthquake this time with the help of Richter scale measured by experts it was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake.  Thousands of people have lost their lives so far and rescue workers are continuing to work and rescue the injured and keep them under basic treatment in hospitals.  Turkey has issued a state of emergency.  Due to widespread damage and displacement of people, children and the elderly have suffered the most.


In today's sad time if we extend our helping hand little by little then thousands of injured people and homeless elderly people and children will get relief.  Everyone should help here.  The situation in Syria is the most deplorable.  So everyone helps, we will also help.

Millions of people in my country have to live helpless lives due to floods every year. I have seen the suffering, misery, sickness and death of the people affected by the flood very closely. Many times I stood by the flood affected people of my country. But yesterday's deadly earthquake in Turkey has deeply saddened my heart. According to the news I am getting from the media in my country, the death toll will be above 15000.The earthquake in Turkey was one of the deadliest disasters I have ever seen. I call upon the people of the world to stand by Turkey with whatever capacity they have. Help them with money, food, clothes, medicine etc. Remember that a little help from you will be of great benefit to the people of Turkey.

Being witness of disaster caused by earth quake in my country, I can imagine how much difficult it is for our Turkish brothers and sisters to cope with this situation. My donation is on its way as Pakistani Government has deducted one day salary of government employees for Turkey relief operation. I hope my small contribution will help my brothers and sisters in Turkey.
May God help Turkey in this difficult situation.

As a human being who has experienced the tragedy of a powerful earthquake accompanied by a Tsunami, I am sorry for the calamity that befell Turkey. May Allah give strength and fortitude to my brothers and sisters there.
And to friends who have made donations, I pray that God will make it easy for them.



My prayers from Indonesia for all the people of Turkey.

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I was shocked waking up to hearing such a sad news. It is painful that lives were list and properties were also destroyed as a result of the magnitude of the earthquake. Until now, some person's are still missing and they  likely trapped in the fallen buildings. I would commend and appreciate OP for this post post he has raised up so that those willing to help can donate to the earthquake victims.
The world would now Know and see the importance of Crypto currency and Blockchain to humanity. Let this serve as a teacher and eye opener to those countries yet to adopt the bitcoin technology, soonest they would be left behind to the old ways of doing things.
Weldone OP for this generous post. You have done well.

My prayers are with the victims of the earthquake and the Turkish government.
All will be fine.

I hope that God  will deal with the matter of mercy.  Islamic countries Turkey, Syria has affected in this earth quake. Assistance is being provided at the international level And this donation move is pretty cool on BitcoinTalk.

My deepest condolences for what happened to the country of Turkey, deep sorrow for all of us for the natural disaster that took away our happiness and peace together, there were so many losses that occurred from this disaster. There are several humanitarian communities on my campus and the surrounding community have also started to look for donations to help our brothers and sisters there who were affected by the disaster and a lot of people have contributed to this. Hopefully there will be no aftershocks that can add to the sadness and I hope everything can return to how our Turkey was before. We are here on the basis of humanity, whoever you are, regardless of your type, we are the same, we are human beings who have hearts and minds, so wherever you help, loving one another is our shared responsibility. #prayforturkey

I saw the news where it was very sad to see that our brothers in Turkey were shocked by a very large earthquake of 7.8 magnitude, and reportedly the earthquake resulted in around 4,000+ fatalities.

Even though they are our distant relatives, it is only fitting that we should reach out to them. Many small children, women, and the elderly have lost materially and immaterially. Let's empathize and spread kindness with Bitcointalk forum users.

Dear forum friends.  Thank you for supporting us in this process. Earthquakes is a problem that can be experienced in every geography.  There has never been such a strong earthquake in Turkey recently.  Unfortunately, we were not prepared for the earthquake.  We have many casualties.  At this stage, is it possible for everyone to pray to the god they believe in for our citizens who are buried under the ground in Turkey?  I know we can't do much, at least you can do it.  Babies and children died.  Women and men died.  That means it doesn't hurt anyone.  It is still spoken by experts that fault lines are full of gas accumulation so that earthquakes can occur.  On behalf of my country, I would like to thank each and every user who is with us as a forum.  Good luck to you.  I hope you don't experience this.

Thanks to everyone who donated and everyone who didn't. Even announcing this donation event is really enough for other people. Ahbap platform is really a leading organization that we trust in Turkey. Avax CEO Emin Gün Sirer's donation of 1 million dollars shows this. This earthquake is a disaster. One of the worst things I have ever seen in my life. I hope a lot of people will be rescued without any more loss of life. This is my hope and expectation.  At the moment, donations seem to have exceeded 2 million dollars. There is a donation of 5 million dollars from Binance.

Was there any reason it was deleted in the first place? This is humanitarian and I don't think it deserves to be deleted, provided OP isn't asking for help to better their own lot. We owe one another love. We try as much as we can to help others when they're in distress. That's what this life should be all about.

Natural disasters are known to destabilize anyone/country it hits. They aren't something anyone wants to witness. The sight of its aftermath is really devastating, to say the least. For what happened in Turkey and the earth opening up and wrecking havocs on her inhabitants is heartbreaking. I hope the international community doesn't relent on sending help and relief materials to your country. 😢

You should publish BTC address because we have seen previously that most of users donation was come from Bitcoin. It's not complicated task to exchange Btc to Busd but you should open all doors of donation. I recommend to use Binance BTC address and then you can exchange Btc to Busd. Busd withdraw has no fee in Binance.

I am sad to see what happened to Turkey due to the earthquake incident, many friends have sent videos about our concern for Turkish citizens who are still buried under the rubble of damaged buildings social media continues to spread the latest news and I can only pray for all of you who are affected The impact of this nature may be given strength by God.

Some of my friends have planned to collect donations with a foundation here and this will continue to move us towards the humanitarian concern that is happening in the country of Turkey.

We also hope that next week we can donate to the forum out of concern for our beloved country Turkey. ❤

May God continue to provide convenience to those of you who are affected.

Thanks @EFS for the explanation, I hope I and other users understand it.

I haven't followed much news about Turkey and its crypto regulations so far, but if regulations make it difficult to convert bitcoin to Lira individually, then other cryptos should be the same even if it's done by a non-governmental organization (CMIIW). But on the other hand, if they can convert altcoin like BNB or others to Lira, then they should be able to do it with bitcoin too. But of course it's hard to do it without permission because people probably won't break the rules, but I wish the best and this humanitarian donation goes well.

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Great idea, may you or @EFS (another trusted user) can become an escrow for now so anyone can donate their bitcoin to charity.

Guys, EFS explained the reason why we dont publish a btc address. If I were to publish a btc address for donations I would have to convert all donations into BUSD and transfer it to the addres in the opening post. I believe you can do the same transaction individually. It would be great to share screenshots of your donations to incentivize others. If anyone has other suggestions, please let me know.

Our country is also donating one day salary of all government servant. We pray to Allah Almighty to protect us from calamities in the future



Source: Twitter

As one of those who experienced the earthquake closely, we continue to wait with real concern.  There were two earthquakes and their intensity was quite large.  In the earthquake geography of our Turkey, the loss of life caused by these earthquakes still upsets everyone.  I can not reach my close friend, we are waiting with concern.

In order to avoid any misunderstanding, the shared addresses are not under the control of any member of the forum, but belong to a non-governmental organization that we know and trust. Bitcoin cannot be collected at the moment because they don't setup a Bitcoin wallet. Unfortunately the legal aspect of that is a bit troublesome in our country, so it's difficult to collect money and exchange it to Turkish Lira individually.

A terrible tragedy has struck Turkey and I can only say that I sympathize with the Turkish people and hope that help will reach all who need it as soon as possible. A few years ago, less powerful earthquakes also hit my country and caused great material damage, but what happened in Turkey is a terrible tragedy that can hardly be compared to anything else. What I know is that a special team of 40 people with tracking dogs has been sent from my country and that other countries are sending help.

I will gladly send my donation as soon as the BTC address is available🇹🇷

We can feel the pain of what you people are going through in turkey, and we have seen what the earthquake has caused in the city which will take turkey government a long time before they can recover from the losses. CLS63 you have done a great job, I believe people of turkey will surely feel the help of crypto and Bitcoin users.

Thanks for this thread OP

Any donation really helps our brothers who are there. Whether it's crypto or whatever, everyone is really contributing and can lighten their load. So far a few places have done fundraising, since day one and I can't send any help in crypto but we have raised some money and some needed medicine.


May the brethren there be given fortitude.

First of all I want to thank everyone who helped. We are deeply saddened to have experienced such a great event. There are thousands of people who cannot be reached. There are still thousands of uncontrollable debris. It is a very difficult situation for those who live there. The situation of the people living there is very bad and they need help. Non-governmental organizations and the state are trying to do everything they can. I wish all wounds to heal soon.

Given that many of the established members on the forum have bitcoin instead of altcoin, having bitcoin address as donation wallet is very wise decision. I hope it actually gets passed because eventually all those bitcoin can be converted to fiat or something.

By the way, My condolences to everyone affected by this tragedy and especially for our distant relatives in Turkey, it is an unexpected natural disaster and can happen anywhere. I wish all the families affected by this tragedy the strength and patience. Also thanks to @CLS63 for starting this thread. Hopefully all these donation funds really find people in need.

It is a noble act to take such steps to help the people affected by the earthquake in Turkey. I thank you sincerely for this. I saw in newspapers and on television that there was a terrible earthquake in Turkey, it caused a lot of damage. Thousands of people died and buildings were destroyed. In such situations, each of us should lend a helping hand. Let us help what we can from our respective places. Maybe our little help can make a big benefit in times of need.

condolences for the disaster that befell turkey.
since yesterday i got to know about this news from my friend's whatsapp story and i wanted to donate the little i have but yesterday i haven't found this thread.
is there a BTC address to make a donation? because my funds are currently in the form of bitcoin.
I agree if one of the trusted members of this forum create a special bitcoin address for turkish donations.

Many places continue to donate. The total amount of donations made so far is around 2 million dollars. Thank you for the support.
Binance has decided to airdrop for people living in this region. They will send 100 dollars to the account of people in distress.
We are helping as much as we can. Many people are still unreachable and we are concerned about their health

First of all, my condolences for the death of innocent people due to the major disasters in Turkey and Syria. May those affected by the disaster be given strength, fortitude and health by God. For the OP, thank you, God bless you for opening a donation.

With donations like this, it can lighten the burden on the people who are being hit by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. It Grows our sense of concern among humans.
Hopefully this donation is right on target for the affected victims and also the expected result is helping the earthquake victims.

This is touching, infact I am short of words right now because this disaster has swallow so many things from the turkey Land. Since the address details of the donation is here, I believe many people will definitely be part of this Donation to show love to those that loss their lives and love ones and prosperities.

Thank you all for your support.
Endless thanks for being with the Turkish people in these difficult days.

It's really heartbreaking to see that, I hope the other citizens which still alive will recovered very soon and they can back to their normal life, although it's need a time for sure.

I think it's worth to mention, if anyone want to donate their money to charity, it's better to follow the address of @OP post rather than looking to the other sites. Because there a lot criminals will open fake donation campaign, similar like fake Ukraine donation campaign in the last year.

This is one of the fake campaign, also don't believe if there's a newbie created shitcoin to support the donation campaign in Turkey, it's 100% scam.



Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/cybercriminals-exploit-human-misery-in-earthquake-hit-turkey-and-syria-with-new-online-disaster-scam/

Turkey is facing a terrible earthquake disaster. Please don't withhold your support even a little. Ahbap is the leading civil society organization in Turkey. We have full confidence in this community. I must say that every member is at the earthquake sites.  Although support is not provided as a Bitcoin address for now, I would like to thank everyone who donated via Ethereum, Binance Chain and Avax C-Chain. Thanks in advance for everything bitcointalk forum members.

I am sorry to heard what happen in Turkey, I am so sad when watching on Television about earthquake and many people was pass away. I hope will recovery back and all victim can get their help as soon possible.

My little donation can help and I will make another donation three days later after get repayment from loan in my friend, I hope you can open donation trough btc segwit address because my loan repayment using BTC, next time I am trying donation with Bitcoin.

Haluk Levent and the AHBAP team have been reliably running aid campaigns for years.  From the moment the earthquake happened, they continue to work to help them as much as they can.  We need to support them in this.  Too many people need help.  Thank you to everyone who helped.

There is a big aid campaign and everyone is trying to provide whatever is missing to the earthquake affected areas.  We can get through such difficult days with less pain only if we act together.

My country is going through very difficult times. It will take many years to forget this pain. We did not learn from the 1999 earthquake and we cannot act against devastating earthquakes. Iskenderun, the country's most important port, is still on fire.  People have been in the rubble for hours and cannot be helped. Now we must do whatever we can.

To donate blood you can reach the nearest blood donation point here
https://www.kanver.org/KanHizmetleri/KanBagisiNoktalari

You can donate to STK
https://ahbap.org

To volunteer in earthquake zones
https://www.tog.org.tr

For free accommodation
https://www.otelz.com/gecmisolsunturkiyem

Lol the thread is comeback, it was deleted before

Haluk Levent and AHBAP are one of the most reliable and important persons and institutions in Türkiye. You can totally trust. For many years they have been trying to help every person in need, they always give support.
Unfortunately, Türkiye is going through very difficult times. People really need help right now. I'm sure there will be people who want to donate on the forum as well

Lastly if it will help, hilariousandco can move the topic to the place he wishes. I've added the related tweet by Haluk Levent into the OP. Thanks very much to every friend who will help. I hope we can be helpful for earthquake victims as the Bitcointalk family even a little. 

I can remember having such donations likewise in the critical situations like during the war and when there's a pandemic outbreak of disease like that of the covid and so on, we saw how people come out to support and donate in various forms while those that could make it to be present where there live to assist others, this is a good initiative for OP to have reason in same manners, it's encouraging to see men having the heart of reaching out to those in need, they never planned for it nor saw it coming and alot of asset and many lives had gone through this already, please make a time to time updates on your every moves over there so that the nearby bitcointalk community members could join in physical for those around the visinity for more rescue and reaching out.

This is very sad to watch, i saw a little of what happened while i was watching T.V yesterday, and to be honest this is really a bad time for those who have been affected by this natural disaster, i hope those who are still alive and stuck under the rubble would be found too and medical help will be provided for them. Thank you for bringing this here for people who haven't found a way to donate to those affected, i am sure myself and other members here would also send our own little contributions to help. My heart goes out to the people of Turkey and Syria, and i would be praying for them.

I can confirm that this is the most reliable donation address for the biggest NGO here. Although it's only for BEP20 transactions more than 100k USD was raised already in less than 40 minutes. Because of the limitations I mentioned they created this address with special permission from MASAK. We also made a suggestion to open a Bitcoin wallet. If it's accepted, we will share that address here.

"Hi fellas, I would like to thank the support of EFS and BTHD on this catastrophic earthquake in Eastern Turkey. @haluklevent, a well-trusted name in Turkey, just shared a BEP20 wallet address for donations. After this, there is no longer any point for anyone to collect donations personally, so if you want to help earthquake victims in Turkey, you can make your donations comfortably to the following address."

https://twitter.com/haluklevent/status/1622913175409623041

*BEP20 Wallet Address:*
0xB67705398fEd380a1CE02e77095fed64f8aCe463

NGOs are working hard, but there appears to be a general lack of organization. Two earthquakes of this magnitude and width make it difficult to reach everywhere.
Converting crypto donations to TL individually may be difficult due to regulations.

Ahbap said they don't accept crypto donations. I don't see any news about that since this tweet: https://twitter.com/ahbap/status/1622651956647821315

The situation is much worse than you know. More than 6,000 buildings have been damaged and this is only the detectable number. I estimate that 200 to 300 thousand people are under the rubble with a simple calculation.

Directly distributing the donation is not possible because of roads are damaged and It's very hard to going earthquake zone at the moment. Turkish charity platform Ahbap will share crypto deposit addresses today. It's community based so no trust problems.

Well known Turkish NFT artist Refik Anadol shared an ethereum wallet for donations. He will exchange the money and send to AFAD and Ahbap.


Twitter link: https://twitter.com/refikanadol/status/1622623521104089090

God bless you OP. I saw the news and pictures, it was devastating and it will take decades for these cities to recover from the destruction. Your comments are simple and show some signs of integrity. Ensure you keep your records clean, asked Juventus and currently Manchester City about the importance of keeping records. The people of Turkey and Syria need our help and as a community we have to support them. I also expect a member from Syria to create a humanitarian thread. Staying in the cold without basic materials can be fatal. I pray your get the support you need.

I don't see any Bitcoin address, do you know if there's a charity accept Bitcoin or you're want to become a volunteer? I think it's need few trusted pmembers on your local section such like EFS, Bthd, etc to be a part of controlling the multisig wallet.

The only want I need to add is, better for you to directly distribute the donation to the affected people/family rather than giving a money to a charity company because it's not really transparent and forum members wouldn't see if their money are used for good.

If @OP is only want to accept donation, reputation section might be an appropriate section. But if he want to create a charity signature campaign, then he can post it on service section.

I am one of those who live very violently.  The earthquake woke us up at night in our sleep.  We tried to ensure the safety of my daughter, who is close to 2 years old, and moved to safe areas.  Since I was going to work 1 hour later, we felt the need to go back to the building and collect our belongings.  I can say that I have close friends participating in the search efforts since yesterday and the situation is worse than it seems.  Especially since 2 large state hospitals were destroyed in the city of Hatay, those who were injured and died in the earthquake are transferred from the port to the city of Mersin by ships.  A relative of my wife works in Kahramanmaraş and our minds are there.  Adverse weather conditions greatly affect the work.  In Kahramanmaraş, there is an air temperature that goes down to minus 10 degrees at night.  This is the most unfavorable situation that also affects the volunteer helpers.  Searches are generally tried to be made by human power.  Many of my colleagues in Turkey Police officers were sent to the region as reinforcements.  There are problems such as electricity, natural gas, drinking water.  That's why this issue is so important.  There was a flood disaster in Pakistan, which I remember recently.  Apart from that, it was one of the most effective disasters.  Two of the biggest earthquakes in Turkey's history occurred within 9 hours of each other.  I hope it doesn't happen again.  If there are new developments, I will try to write, but right now people are completely focused on the region.

Thanks for bringing up such an ideal idea in helping those affected by the disaster, such is so deadly and unbearable for those who happens to be it victim, i couldn't hold it anymore when i was watching it live on the news earlier, i will also suggest that the funds should be mainly targeted on the affected citizens who had sustained injuries and lucky to be rescued, there could be a visit to their various hospitals, payment for their medical bills and provision of food items for the displaced.

This is time to support Turkey an show human compassion. News is trending on all social media and It is very sad that there has been a lot of financial and human loss. Most of countries offers that they will send help from their country as soon as possible. Local people of Turkeys are also helping  as replied here some members which is positive movement and And support must be extended.

I recommend OP or any most Reputed member(Resident of affected area) to open thread like this in Services section to help Turkeys. We will support as much as we can. Turkey's President Tayyab Erdogan has appealed to the united nation for help. I think they should open the doors for Btc users to donate like Ukraine did in war.

Thank you very much. I hope we can create an activity that can be helpful for the lives of the people even a little here. I have also personally done something to help. Besides if we can get the necessary attention here I'm going to donate my earning from the signature campaign I'm in as well.

By the way if you would like to make a donation to foundations through your bank accounts directly instead of cryptocurrencies: https://twitter.com/AFADBaskanlik/status/1622557837585969153

Thank you for your effort @CLS63 👏👏 I've already make donation to AFAD early in the morning. And also we are working together to collect cold weather clothes, shoes etc and we will send as soon as possible. Its really terrible situation for whom living in there. 2 big eartquicks in a day. I hope everything goes well

If we can collect the needed donation I'm going to prove all the help done with any kind of receipt, photo and document. I'm open for any suggestions, thank you.

Hello everyone. I hope that I have opened the subject in the right place. Friends, the biggest earthquake in history happened in Turkey which is the country I live in. And unfortunately we have got the information that thousands of people have died. As the time goes on we see the affect of the natural disaster more. We see cities literally falling to pieces completely. We still can't reach our acquaintances living in the area although there have been many hours passed.

Besides people in the area have to deal with the freezing cold now. Therefore I think we can start an aid campaign on the forum to help the people in the area to get blankets, food and tents at least.



Some shots from the earthquake area...


https://www.hizliresim.com/qf9aol4

https://www.hizliresim.com/hlj82fn

https://www.hizliresim.com/7iq9hkm



The moment of a building falling down

A mother whose children are trapped in the wreckage is calling for help

The final situation of the citizens who have got out of a dispensary