#Turkey in Syria

[moonlayl]

The Death Toll of the Earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria may have reached 20,000 people, and that’s outside of all those who are injured and lost.

If you could donate PLEASE do!!!

Here’s a post full of charities you could donate to, but I’ll add my own trustworthy ones here:

Islamic Relief:  teams are on the ground right now providing emergency food assistance, shelter, medical supplies to hospitals and clinics, as well as blankets and tents for those made homeless by the quake in Turkey and Syria

Molham: The team at Molham are currently on the ground helping displaced families in Turkey and Syria who have been affected by the earthquake   

The White Helmets: The team are on the ground in Northwest Syria searching for survivors and removing the dead from the rubble.

MSF: remaining in close contact with the local authorities in northwestern Syria and with the authorities in Turkey to extend their support where it’s needed. They’re providing essential life kits to displaced people in the region

please PLEASE reblog. Syria and Turkiye need our help!!!

[asparklethatisblue]

When you spend a semester abroad and then can’t help peppering in the new language you learned into everyday speech…

[heritageposts]

Hello! I remember sometime last year you were recommending someone making kuffiyehs. Do you still know who exactly that was? I think you mentioned having bought one from them.

I really would like to buy one myself so I thought I'd ask!

Hirbawi is the last and only original keffiyehs factory in Palestine. I bought a keffiyeh directly from them last year while they still had a few in stock. If you want to buy one now, I think you have to sign up to be notified for when their pre-orders drop.

They also have a list of their official global supply partners on their website. If you have any Palestinian stores in your country, they may also periodically get shipments from Hirbawi even if they're not listed as an official partner. Just be careful so you don't end up buying some cheap knock-off.

[girlfictions]

the death toll of the turkey-syria earthquake has now reached over 30,000. those who survived are in desperate need of food, clothes, shelter and medical aid. please please please donate if you haven’t done so yet; even ten dollars can make a difference.

ahbap (turkey) | white helmets (syria) | CARE (turkey & syria)

[sulkybbarnes]

I've seen a lot of posts bringing attention to the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, but with a focus mainly on Turkey, so allow me to talk about Syria.

The earthquake hit several areas of Syria (Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, and Tartus) that were already devastated by war over the past 13 years. As of me writing this post, there are over 1700 people dead in Syria alone, and hundreds injured and wounded, not counting people still stuck under the rubble. I'm too emotionally drained to try to appeal to people's humanity, but please take a moment to look through the following sources of Syrian people reporting directly from Syria, and help if you can.

Syrian accounts reporting Syrian news in English and Arabic:

mashrouwanabqa

mysyria_

Post with some resources to help

And some western news articles to confirm what I'm saying:

News article with campaigns and organisations to donate to

Same news and places to donate from the New York Times

And perhaps most importantly, I ask you to read up on sanctions on Syria and educate yourself on the slow, painful genocide Syrians are suffering at the hand of Western countries. No electricity, gas, or medicine reaching the Syrian people for 13 years now. No economy allowed to flourish. No hope for the Syrian people under these sanctions to survive normal every day life or a cold winter, let alone disaster of this magnitude. There's a campaign to stop the sanctions on Syria, but it's led by Syrians when we are the least able to affect this type of change. Read on it. Talk to your representatives if you can and demand for sanctions to be dropped and help put stop to this. Just look through the Syrian accounts I linked for more perspective. Thank you.

[thissying]

[leroibobo]

these houses in the village of shaykh hidal in syria are a few of several in the north-western middle east built in a dome shape. the walls are made of layers of mud brick stuffed with straw and built into a circle, with a hole left on the top providing light. this type of architecture provides protection for all sorts of weather from rain to heat. the first known traces of this centuries-old technique were found in jericho, and the oldest known example in the mesopotamia region comes from 3,000 years ago. some of the domes are rooms of a larger house which are connected by hallways.

several of the dome houses in syria are endangered because of the civil war, but restoration work on many of those affected is ongoing, which is especially urgent as many syrians continue to live in them today.

[rrxindrops]

Emergency aid for Turkey & Syria

Muslims Around The World Project -https://matwproject.org/product/emergencies/

Abdullah aid - https://www.abdullahaid.org.uk/

Ilmfeed -https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/turkey__syria_earthquake_emergency_appeal#!/

Islamic Relief UK - https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/giving/appeals/turkiye-syria-earthquake-appeal/

With Khaled Beydoun -  https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/turkey_emergency_earthquake_relief#!/

Muslim Aid Sweden - https://muslimaid.se/donations/jordbavning/

I have gathered reliable sources for donations and you can check these accounts too. Please feel free to add sources that you also trust. Please share!

[kaapstadgirly]

This is what they do to children! This is what Israel does to innocents!

[moonlayl]

The fact that Palestinians, Lebanese people and Syrians felt the earth quake so strongly yet thought it was war/them being attacked and panicked and ran into the streets absolutely breaks my heart. Inna lilahi wa ina ilehyi raj’oon

[nando161mando]

5 years of invasion in Rojava

Five years ago today, the Turkish army invaded the self-governing territories in northern and eastern Syria.

After weeks of threats and a green light from the USA, Turkish troops crossed the border on October 9th and began shelling the border towns.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) put up fierce resistance for almost two weeks until a ceasefire agreement was reached on October 17. By this time, the offensive had already killed hundreds of people and displaced almost 400,000.

In response to the attacks, tens of thousands demonstrated against the advance and in support of the self-administration.

To this day, the areas between the towns of Gire Spî and Serê Kaniyê are occupied by Turkey and allied Islamist militias in violation of international law. There have been no consequences for Turkey to date.

[alphadogmp3]

it is incredibly frustrating to see the non-response from westerners to what is arguably the worst natural disaster in recent memory. when the ukraine-russia war broke out, it was on everyone's blogs. everyone--at least on my dash--was trying to spread awareness of the humanitarian crisis. but now?

fucking crickets.

absolutely nothing.

this earthquake has already claimed 20k confirmed lives. it has only been 5 days. most wrecks have not been excavated yet.

we need all the help we can get, but not a single fucking person is doing anything to help spread the message. people who proudly put the ukrainian flag in their display names or in their bios are nowhere to be seen now. the influencers youtubers and tiktok micro-celebrities who shared donation posts and ukrainian refugee testimonials daily are dead silent now. why? why do you only care when the people dying are somewhat like you? do we need to be whiter to deserve your attention? or more christian? do we not deserve your energy as is? are we, turks and syrians, not humans?

im so fucking sorry if donation posts don't fit your blog's aesthetic or if the news are just so fucking draining for you. every single one of you motherfuckers living in the west should be ashamed of yourselves for how differently you are treating us versus how you treated ukrainians when the war broke out.

if this happened in any western country you'd all be making infographics on how to donate or help.

right now the only reason why people on my dash are devastated is because the rhythm guitarist from my chemical romance had a haircut.

all of you need to be doing better.

do better.

[xcleanx]

In the early hours of Monday morning, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria. So far, more than a thousand people are confirmed to have died. This figure is expected to rise sharply.

Source: faynstudio on instagram (donation links are on their instagram stories, I was not able to put them here). Please reblog and donate if you are able.

[not-so-rosyyy]

oh god... there was another one.... and possibly (I pray to god it's wrong) more to come.... this is horrible.

source: twitter.com

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

I think whoever made me forgot to paint all the spots. I don't mind anymore—I've realized that I am who I was meant to be.

Dahl's Whip Snake (Platyceps najadum)

Eastern Europe to Asia - from Croatia to Iran

Status: protected in the EU, protected by law in some countries