Turkish-run businesses are donating profits to the aid effort as the death toll rises.
Serdar Ak, known to his customers as AK is donating profits from his Southampton barbers to the aid effortearthquake relief effortFrom barbers to taxi drivers and restaurant owners, the Turkish diaspora across the county is discussing how to help those in need.
For the next few days all the profits from the family-run business will be sent to help the relief effort. "Just from our home town 40 people have passed away, most houses are knocked down, family from next town, too many people have passed away," Hassan Aziz said through a family member. Emma Gezer said: "They are too scared to go back in because there was over 40 more smaller earthquakes so they kept feeling it, nobody wants to go back in."Taxi driver Mehmet Yentur said people had been stopping him in the street to donate money
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