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"Friend In Need Is Friend

Indeed": Earthquake-Hit
Turkey Thanks India
Turkey Earthquake: One of the largest
earthquakes to hit Turkey in more than a century,
caused vibrations throughout the area, caused
buildings to collapse, and forced people to flee
into the streets.

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Updated : February 07, 2023 11:10 am IST

Syria Earthquake: India has dispatched rescue

and medical teams to Turkey.

New Delhi : Terming India as "Dost" for its

generosity for providing funds to the country
after three devastating earthquakes struck
Turkey in 24 hours, Ambassador of Turkey to
India Firat Sunel thanked New Delhi and
said, "a friend in need is a friend indeed."

Taking to Twitter, Mr Sunel said, "Dost" is a

common word in Turkish and Hindi... We
have a Turkish proverb: "Dost kara gunde
belli olur" (a friend in need is a friend
indeed). Thank you very much India."

Fırat Sunel िफरात सुनेल ‫ﺎل‬#‫ڡرات ﺻﻮٮ‬#

@firatsunel · Follow

"Dost" is a common word in Turkish

and Hindi... We have a Turkish proverb:
"Dost kara günde belli olur" (a friend in
need is a friend indeed).
Thank you very much
@narendramodi @PMOIndia
@DrSJaishankar @MEAIndia
@MOS_MEA
#earthquaketurkey

Arindam Bagchi @MEAIndia

India government organization
MoS @MoS_MEA visited Embassy of Türkiye to
express condolences on the devastation
caused by today's earthquakes.Conveyed PM
@narendramodi’s message of sympathy &
humanitarian support. Underscored readiness
to send relief material,as well as NDRF &
medical teams to assist Türkiye.

8:39 PM · Feb 6, 2023 from New Delhi, India

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Earlier, Union Minister of State (MoS) for

External Affairs V Muraleedharan visited
Turkey's embassy and expressed
condolences. He also conveyed Prime
Minister Narendra Modi's sympathy and
humanitarian support.

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India has dispatched rescue and medical

teams to Turkey.

The Prime Minister's office (PMO) said that a

meeting was held and it was decided that
the search and rescue teams of NDRF and
medical teams along with relief materials
would be dispatched immediately in
coordination with the Government of the
Republic of Turkey.

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Two teams of the National Disaster Relief

Force (NDRF), comprising 100 personnel
with specially trained dog squads and
necessary equipment, are ready to be flown
to the earthquake-hit area for search and
rescue operations, the PMO said in a
statement.

"Medical teams are also being readied with

trained doctors and paramedics with
essential medicines. Relief material will be
dispatched in coordination with the Turkish
government and the Indian Embassy in
Ankara and Consulate General office in
Istanbul," the PMO said.

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PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime

Minister held a meeting in South Block to
discuss immediate relief measures.

The meeting was attended by the Cabinet

Secretary, representatives of the Ministries
of Home Affairs, National Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA), NDRF,
Defence forces the external affairs ministry
(MEA) and well as the ministries of Civil
Aviation (MoCA) and the Health and Family
Welfare (MoHFW).

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The epicentre of the earthquake was near

the city of Gaziantep in south-central Turkey.

One of the largest earthquakes to hit Turkey

in more than a century, caused vibrations
throughout the area, caused buildings to
collapse, and forced people to flee into the
streets.

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The United States Geological Survey has

recorded 24 aftershocks in Turkey. Effects of
the earthquake was felt in Syria, Lebanon,
Cyprus, Greece, Jordan, Iraq and as far away
as Romania, Georgia and Egypt, according
to the European Mediterranean
Seismological Centre, as cited by the Times
of Israel.

Condolences poured in from worldwide after

reports of the massive quake hit Turkey
claiming numerous lives. Earlier in the day
Prime Minister Modi took to Twitter and
condoled the loss of life in Turkey and the
nearby areas.

(Except for the headline, this story has not

been edited by NDTV staff and is published
from a syndicated feed.)

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