French Woman Drives Truck To T�rkiye To Deliver Aid To Earthquake Victims
Faizan Hashmi Published February 26, 2023 | 07:00 PM
Turkiye, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Feb, 2023 ) :A 24-year-old French woman drove her truck to T�rkiye to deliver aid to the earthquake victims.
After hearing news about the twin earthquakes in southern T�rkiye, Gulfem Zengin, a French national born to Turkish immigrants, set out on a trip from the French city of Lyon to Kahramanmaras in southern T�rkiye.
"I felt very bad and very sad when I saw the news regarding the earthquakes," Zengin, told Anadolu in front of the rubbles in the city center of Kahramanmaras.
"All my friends and family members cried for T�rkiye following the earthquakes." She said that Turkish immigrants contacted her for the delivery of humanitarian aid, adding that she set out on her own, taking a difficult journey for the earthquake victims.
"It was something I had never done before. I was alone. It was impossible for me, but I thought this is about helping the victims. This is the help we can do. That's why I put my fears aside." She took the journey from Lyon to Kapikule, the Turkish border crossing point in Edirne province on the border of T�rkiye and Bulgaria.
Carrying food, clothes, medicines and pet food collected from the French nationals born to Turkish immigrants, she first reached Kapikule after a two-day journey.
She arrived in Kahramanmaras on Saturday and delivered her aid in coordination with T�rkiye's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).
"I arrived at Kahramanmaras by driving fast with little sleep. My family is proud of me. I sent videos to my family along the way to let them know I was okay," Zengin said.
"I felt sadness and pain when I saw the collapsed buildings. I delivered clothing, mountain equipment, pet food, and some medicine," she added.
She was born in France and her family is originally from Yozgat. She does not have any relatives or friends in Kahramanmaras.
She completed her around 4,300-km (2670 miles) trip in four days.
Asked how the other truck drivers treated her on the way, Zengin said that the drivers were happy to see a woman driving a truck.
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