The Tufts Students of Turkey organization has planned several fund-raising activities, including a cake sale and a supply drive, to aid those affected by the terrible earthquake in Turkey. More than $16,000 has already been gathered by the club for survivors.
More than 40,000 people have died as a result of the powerful earthquakes that slammed the Kahramanmaras region in southern Turkey and northwest Syria on February 6. Tufts Students of Turkey co-president Nur Akpolat discussed how the earthquakes affected her and other students in the Turkish community there.
Senior Akpolat stated, "I've never experienced a natural calamity that affected me this profoundly. Fortunately, my family and all of our family friends were okay. Yet, knowing that there were so many people in need didn't make me feel much better.”
The other co-president of the club, Eda Devletsah, had similar sentiments.
The fact that it is still our home and that both remaining here and being aware of our ability to act has had an emotional impact on everyone, according to Devletsah, is what is most upsetting. It's been extremely taxing for all of us to constantly be reminded of [the death toll on social media] and how much people are suffering.
Akpolat claimed that she began collaborating with others after students in college started talking about how to assist Turkey's citizens.
According to Akpolat, "we sort of had that collective response of... [wanting] to help what was going on in any manner that we can." It was sort of an immediate craving for the community because "that Monday afternoon we directly planned this meeting with practically everyone... thinking about how we can start fundraising and how we can design the activities that we were going to conduct."
A supply drive and a fundraiser were used to launch the club.
We delivered our materials to the Turkish consulate over the weekend, which is collecting and packing them, according to Devletsah. "During the weekend, our members volunteered at the consulate, packing boxes, sorting through donations, and doing other tasks. They are all transported by air and sea to disaster areas in turkey.”
When asked how the group was able to generate so much money, Devletsah said that community people outside of the student body contributed to their accomplishment.
To gather that much money, Devletsah stated, "We were able to tap into a lot of our alumni resources or connections that we knew had linkages to Turkey, and then they were matched by an anonymous donor for our gifts." The Alumni Association has also participated in various fundraising efforts, much like Turkish alumni.
Tufts Students of Turkey member and exchange student from Istanbul, Defne Ulusoy, expressed appreciation for the support from the neighborhood.
Ulusoy remarked that when you openly ask for assistance and describe the circumstance, people become aware of the situation and offer assistance without hesitation.
Ulusoy said there is still a lot of work to be done for relief efforts even though the club has finished its fundraising for the foreseeable future.
Because of the destruction, "They're going to need aid continuously for much longer. For those who have lost everything, you must recreate such locations, Ulusoy added. For those folks to just get back on track and get back to living their lives, it's going to [take] a year, a year and a half, two years, maybe even more."
Devletsah advised anyone with questions about what they can do to get in touch with Tufts Students of Turkey via email at tuftsstudentsofturkey@gmail.com.
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