A team of volunteers from Wrexham has sent four lorries to Turkey and Syria as part of humanitarian efforts to help victims of the recent devastating earthquakes.
In the early hours of Monday, February 6, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, followed by another earthquake soon afterwards.
The devastating earthquakes are the worst to strike Turkey in nearly 100 years killing more than 42,000 people across both countries.
Survivors who have been forced to flee their homes are now facing freezing temperatures.
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The Turan family, who live in and around Wrexham, have worked tirelessly over the past two weeks to help send over aid and essential supplies.
The team of volunteers has since sent four aid trucks from a Manchester depot.
Fatih Turan is a director of the company Seda, a food wholesalers that has been the base of the aid efforts.
Brothers Fatih Turan and Ozhan Turan, along with their sister Zehra Turan and family members llyas Turan and Zoe Turan have been working day and night to help collect and pack the supplies.
Zehra, a mother of three originally from Adana, Turkey, said: "I am doing this as the earthquake has affected my city.
"It is my people and I just need to do something to help them."
After sharing a post via facebook asking for any donations to help those affected by the earthquakes, Zehra was overwhelmed with the response.
She added: "We expected to be able to send one lorry across, however we have had enough donations that we have now managed to send four.
"It is amazing how many people have come to help us."
Zehra was brought to tears following a kind gesture from Sainsbury's staff in Wrexham.
After approaching the supermarket to ask for any leftover boxes for packing she returned to find customers had donated three trollies full of nappies and baby clothes after staff put up an appeal for donations.
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The team has collected so many donations that they are now asking only for donations of new clothing or good quality clothing, with anything else being exchanged for cash to help pay for transport.
So far the team has spent over £12,000 on transport to send the lorries over to Turkey with one lorry being supplied by the Manchester Turkish Consulate.
The four lorries departed on Sunday, February 12, thanks to the efforts of those who came and helped pack the trucks.
Zehra said: "We had Turkish kids from Universities in Manchester that came to help, people from the age of six to the age of 70 years old all working together."
She added: "We are just so grateful for everyone that has helped by donations, helping to pack or even just sharing the appeal."
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