President Tatar donates his three-month presidential salary to Türkiye’s new aid campaign for quake survivors

President Ersin Tatar donated his three-month presidential salary to help earthquake survivors in Türkiye.

The aid campaign, "Türkiye One Heart", broadcast by Turkish, TRNC and some international TV and radio channels on Wednesday, raised more than 115,1 billion TL in aid of survivors of devastating earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye on February 6.

According to the reports, private companies, institutions, organisations, business people, and individuals made donations to the campaign, and the funds raised will be sent to the Turkish disaster management agency AFAD and the Turkish Red Crescent Society.

President Ersin Tatar was among many others who made donations to the campaign. President Ersin Tatar called in and donated his three-month salary to earthquake victims. Noting that "the TRNC is raising funds for a thousand container homes for quake survivors in Türkiye," Tatar said: "Once more, I offered my condolences to the Turkish people over the deadly earthquakes. Our volleyball team was also trapped beneath the rubble in Adıyaman. We lost a total of 50 people, including 24 children, in the earthquake. Our prayers are with Türkiye. Tonight, I donated my three-month salary. We will heal the wounds of the earthquake together. We are a strong nation; we are an inseparable part of Türkiye as always."