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Time for tea and not self-pity, as the Turkish people pick up the pieces after the earthquakes
It was winter, and hot tea was always offered by the locals manning aid relief centres, storage facilities and petrol kiosks. The woman, the embassy’s first secretary and deputy chief of mission, had family in Kahramanmaras, one of the badly hit regions. Tents, blankets and sleeping bags unsuitable for wintry conditions were among items the Singapore public tried to donate to victims of the Turkey-Syria earthquakes, said an aid group here.
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