Aid comes to Turkey from world sports stars

Many football stars participated in the relief campaign with signed jerseys organized by Atalanta national football player Merih Demiral on social media for the earthquake victims in Turkey.

The Norwegian Erling Haaland and the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne from Manchester City, the English Harry Kane from Tottenham, the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo from Al Nassr, the Italian Leonardo Bonucci from Juventus, the Argentine Paulo Dybala from Roma, the Spanish Álvaro Morata from Atlético de Madrid and the shirts signed by the Frenchman Antoine Griezmann were put up for auction.

Stating that Ronaldo, Bonucci and Dybala’s jerseys sold for 5 million lira, Merih Demiral announced that all proceeds will be donated to the Association of Friends of Earthquake Victims.

CALL FOR HELP FROM LEWIS HAMILTON

Lewis Hamilton, the British driver of the Mercedes Formula 1 team, appealed to support the aid campaigns launched for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

On his Instagram account, Hamilton shared links to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) relief campaign and UK-based humanitarian aid organization Human Appeal with their followers.

Other Formula 1 drivers, such as the British George Russell and the Monegasque Charles Leclerc, and the Spanish motorcyclist Marc Márquez, also shared their donation campaigns.

İLKAY GÜNDOĞAN BREAD HELP

According to the news in the German newspaper Bild, Manchester City’s German-Turkish national football player Ilkay Gundogan has sent two truckloads of bread to the region for the citizens affected by the earthquakes.

The experienced soccer player, whose views are included in the news, said: “Our minds are with the people in the earthquake zones. It is very important that we all cooperate. People count on our help. The encouragement and support we have received so far has been excellent. We are currently trying to collect more donations of food and supplies, such as baby food, blankets, hygiene products and warm clothing. he used the phrases.

Many footballers who played abroad, such as Interli Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Çağlar Soyuncu from Leicester City, Merih Demiral from Atalanta, Burak Yılmaz from Fortuna Sittard, Cengiz Ünder from Olympic Marseille, Ozan Tufan from Hull City, also supported the earthquake victims with your donations.

SUPPORT OF NBA TEAMS

National basketball player Furkan Korkmaz, who plays for the Philadelphia 76ers of the American Basketball League (NBA), announced that the jerseys signed by his teammates Joel Embiid and James Harden will be auctioned to help the victims of the earthquake.

The message on the website and social media accounts of the Cleveland Cavaliers, where national basketball player Cedi Osman works, read: “The Cavaliers and the NBA family are working to support local and national organizations that provide relief assistance. emergency to those affected by the devastating earthquakes. in Turkey and neighboring regions. expression was used.

HELP FROM BARCELONA

Club Barcelona has announced that it will provide support to citizens affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria through aid organisations.

Joan Laporta, president of the Barcelona Club, expressed her solidarity with the Turkish and Syrian people on social media and encouraged the humanitarian organizations that work with the Barça Foundation to support the victims of the earthquake, saying: “We want to say that we are with you in these difficult times”. .” she used the phrase.

HELP FROM MELO AND ALEX

Brazilian Felipe Melo, one of the former Galatasaray players, who played for Fluminense, announced that they plan to organize a charity match with Alex de Souza, former Brazilian soccer player for Fenerbahçe.

Melo said in a statement: “We are all going through a difficult time. I’m very sorry about what happened. I thought a lot about helping. Maybe in the future we can organize a special party for the donation. The Turks need support. I spoke with Alex de Souza. We made a decision. We said we’ll have a game at the end of the year. Everyone is talking about Turkey right now. Maybe in a month no one will talk about Turkey. Everyone will forget these events, but let’s not forget them. At that time, we can play matches. We need to be together for Turkey. I will do everything I can”. he expressed an opinion. (AA)