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Friday, 20 August, 1999, 16:15 GMT 17:15 UK
Turkish quake: Can you help? First Requests
These are the first messages we received at BBC News Online. Click here for the last messages (since 1100BST on Friday) Click here for messages received on Friday morning Click here for messages on Thursday night Click here for messages we received on Thursday afternoon Click here for the messages we received on Thursday morning Click here to read the third page of messages Click here to read the second page of messages If you still haven't got a word from your loved ones in Istanbul you can send us an email to our company and we will do our best to provide you all the information we can gather. We will answer all e-mails. e-mail: samira@shawlsnties.com For the attention of Jane Docherty in Australia. I phoned the number you gave and spoke to someone at Lew and Linda White's school who confirmed that they are both ok. My sister's name is Bilge Polat who studies at Callan School of English in Oxford Street. If someone can find her and tell her that we are all OK I will appreciate it. I am a journalist living in Istanbul obviously with contacts through out the Country. I am more then willing to help the people who are in need of information. I have to e-mails: afcav@hotmail.com ahmet_cavusoglu@aksam.com.tr ICQ 3008669 Contact for Mexican Citizens - We have been given a number in Istanbul for anyone searching for Mexican citizens. The consulate number is +90-212-227-3500 and contact name is Mr Nur. For the attention of M Owens, USA. I live very close to Etiler and there are no reports of damage there as far as I am aware. Your son's home should therefore be fine. Looking for daughter (Fiona Anne Chapman) and her husband, (Rolando Echeverria) thought to be on holiday in Istanbul, having travelled from Romania. Tel +44 171 753 3541. Two weeks ago I was on holiday in Cesme, Turkey with my husband and granddaughters, Rachael 8 and Hazel 6 years old. The girls met and became friends with many Turkish children, particularly Selin Gorkam of Rihtim Cadde Iskele sokak Rasim Pasa Mahallesi Kadikoy Istanbul. They are so upset at what has happened and are desperate to know that Selin and her family are okay. Selin's telephone number is 0212 345 (or 365) 8028. We haven't been able to reach them. Can anyone help? Many thanks. I am trying to get in touch with Nihat Zeren. He is a friend of mine who worked at Hotel Hobby in Istanbul. If anyone has information on whether he is okay, please respond to me. Thank you very much and my prayers are with all of you. Finding information for a friend: Her parents were due to leave Istanbul by train at around 9pm on the evening of 16 August. They have not arrived at their destination (Vienna, via Bucharest). At present we don't know if they checked out of their hotel in Istanbul, or if they have stopped in Bucharest. If somebody could find out whether they checked out of their hotel, we would be extremely grateful. Their information is as follows: Names: Mr (David) and Mrs (Christine) Leverington. We have contacts in Istanbul on standby. If there is anyone who has been unable to locate their friends or family, we can help. We found over 30 people yesterday. Contact us by e-mail david@iecnc.org, ICQ : 16036578 and telephone +903928158905 The Turkish ministry of foreign affair offers information by e-mail. You can contact them if the area your relatives and friend live is all right or not. Here is mail address of MFA:webmaster@mfa.gov.tr For Jane, Australia, We have spoken to Linda this morning and both she and Lew are ok. Ann is looking for a close family friend Jim or James Hamilton from the outskirts of Istambul. Any news would be welcome. Thank you I have a friend with her family on holiday in Alanyia. Her name is Nellie Bakboord, her last Email to me was on August 16. It is the first visit to Turkey for this family. But I'm concerned whether Alanyia is anywhere near the location of the disaster. Can someone help me out?
If anyone knows anything about what happened at the Gölcük naval base, and specifically whether Captain Hüsnü Dizdar is alive, please help!!! I am deeply concerned about the situation in Turkey and I, as well as other people, would like to do anything we can to help the suffering people in Turkey. I wanted to request to put some phone and bank account numbers on BBC so people can donate money if they want to easily. The information can be found at the Turkish Embassy website at www.turkey.org Thank you. I am worried about a friend of mine who lives in Fenerbance, Istanbul. I am praying for everyone in Turkey but would appreciate any word on his family. His name is Kerem Bilgin. Dear Sabahat Stone, I live in Istanbul in Fındıkzade. There is no demage in Fındikzade. If you write me their address I can find them and give you more information. My brother and his wife live in Bachelevler near Yayla mosque in the west of Istanbul. They have friends in Bakirkoy an Atakoy and know a number of English teachers in the area. Their area is not affected by building collapses and they felt comfortable enough to sleep inside last night all their friends and family mebers are safe - Thank God. If you think we could help with information and our email connections please let us know.andrew.kennedy@lr.org My boyfriend works in Turkey. I can't contact him and I'm worry about him so very much. I would like to know that he's safe or not . Please, kindly help me. His name is Falko Fritshe. He is German. I miss him so much. Please help...Thank you very much. What is the extent of damage in Bursa? A friend lives there and I have not heard from him since earthquake. Sothnbell@Yahoo.com My girlfriend and I are very concerned about a friend of ours from Istanbul. Her name is Phyllis Tung and she spent a year in the UK. And worked a while in Milan, any news would be much appreciated. Response to Florenece Wise: My uncle lives around Erenkoy and there is no damage in that area. I am sure you friends are O.K. My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Turkey. My family is holidaying in Turkey; they are meant to be in Bodrum, but I cannot contact them and they have not contacted me. Can someone try their mobile number: 0542 7373 845. (the 0 might be optional, I am not sure). Thank you very much for your generous offers of help, during this difficult time. Dear Vic Menrath, I have been calling your son' s telephone for several times, but no answer. But there aren't any ruins at Asia side of İstanbul Except the cities Adapazarı,İzmit,Eskişehir and İstanbul there are no infarstructural problems.If you know exactly where your friend etc is I can try to communicate at least.The less urbanized parts of İstanbul are damaged by the earthquake most. In the other mentioned cities communication is partially possible.The GSM centers (mobile phones) start to oparate slowly but have problems still. I can try to help on locating or communicating. Electricity and other infrastructural problems still continue. Telephone: 00 90532 495 7444 I currently live in the US, and my parents live in Istanbul (Kadikoy) with whom I have spoken several times since the quake. Therefore, I know roughly of the damage caused to the different parts in the areas that were hit. I can comment comfortably in general terms yet with no certainty, on the areas inquired about in a few of the letters: To David Aldridge of UK: Kadikoy and Levent were hardly effected at all and there is no damage in those areas. Jon Sweet, USA: Cankiri is also fine and I don't think at all there are deaths or injuries. Mignon Murrel,: USA: Ideal Tepe is not listed among the damaged areas either. Hope this helps. And God knows best. I am looking for a close relative: Just to keep everyone informed. Since the BBC posted my message on the net, we have successfully located 9 people for their friends and families all over the world. We all thank the BBC for this page and if anyone still requires assistance my e-mail is david@iecnc.org I would like to know whether anyone would have seen/met/ knows Tarik Sökucu and his family. He is a 44 years old Turk and has a German wife named Birgit. They have a 12 year old daughter called Aylin, a 7 year old daughter named Ayca, and a nine month old baby girl called Sema. I believe Birgit's father was also with them. As far as I know, they lived on the East side of Istanbul. Unfortunately, I only have a telephone number and no address. Their telephone number is: +902 164 61 42 88. If anyone knows anything about these persons please let me know. Your help is greatly appreciated. This is a response to Dave Barnett's message: Bakirkoy seems ok, I have family living in that part of town and they did not mention any significant damage there. I would like to thank to BBC for this great service and sharing the pain with Turkish people. I have managed to contact with my family on their mobile phone, please let me know if I can help in any way, I know many people from different part of Istanbul. May god help you all and to our country. Thanks so much to all countries who sent help to Turkey. For David Alridge, I also live in Kadikoy and there is no reported damage or deaths there at all. I also know that Levent was unaffected as well. The others areas I don't know about unfortunately. The phone systems are clogged over here and a lot of the mobile network stations have been affected by the quake. I would be glad to help anyone locate friends or relatives in Turkey. My mobile number is 00 90 532 581 5995. Keep trying to call me if you can't get through. Hope I can help. I am very much worried about my 73-year old mother, Hazel Ataman, who lives in a tiny neighborhood called Pasalimani between Kuzguncuk and Üsküdar. I have been trying to call her, but the lines are busy. She is in poor health and all alone without any close relatives to help her. It must be almost impossible for her to get in touch with me. If anyone knows anything about the severity of the damage to that particular area, could she or he drop me an e-mail message. Thank you very much! Kübra Ataman First of all, no deaths in Ankara or Izmir. Second, communication has been affected severely everywhere; so no calls does not mean harm. And; Asim Can Gündüz, what are their tel. numbers? Is there a web site with a list of earthquake victims? My friend Vedat Yakar from Germany is now in Golcuk and I would appreciate any news about him. My son contacted me via e-mail. See below. He's okay. Thanks for your info. I really appreciate it. I have some old friends that I would like to check on in Istanbul - 1) Mujgan Bulbul in Maltepe and 2)Burak Gurkan of Haci Husam Sk. Ozan Apt. B Blok No3, Daire 16 81300 Kadikoy Ist. What is the damage in Kadikoy (on the Asian side)? I'd be grateful for any news I am missing my Uncle, my cousins and my aunt who are living near Izmit. I cannot reach them by phone and don't know if they are alive or not. Please help and give me an idea of how to contact them thank you Can help phoning/e-mailing people trying to contact relatives in the disaster zone. I speak English my husband speaks English and Turkish. Telephone number: 00 90 232 438 5772 The Vehbi Koc Foundation- American Hospital in Istanbul is hospitalizing wounded people brought from the earthquake zone... So, people may call and ask the Hospital whether their relations are there... Here is the telephone number: 9-0-212-311 20 00 (Ask Ms. Filiz Basaran, The PR Coordinator of the American Hospital) If anyone does need any help contacting anyone please let me know by email as the phones are off and on. Please remember to include your email or phone number. No promises but will do what I can. mellery@bridge.com I would like to know if our friend Gizem Hakan and her parents who live in Sunollar Apt. in Erenkoy, Istanbul are o.k. we have tried phoning but cannot connect. I pray they are safe. Here are some numbers of crisis centers in the affected cities: I am looking for my missing mother and brother. My mothers name is Melek Durak and my brothers name is Hakan Ramazan Yorguner. I would be grateful for any news either by telephone or email. I am looking for my friends who live in Istanbul, Turkey. Here are some details about them: Their names are Selda and Fazil Aydin. They both work as Inspectors for the Ministry of Finance in Istanbul. They have a 4-year old son Cansin, who was born in the United States. Selda's parents live in Ankara. Her sister's name is Nevda (Address: Sn. Nevda Asal, Kuleli Sok, No. 53/4 Asal Apt., Gaziosmanpasa, Ankara, Turkey) and she has a brother who is studying to be a medical doctor. Fazil's mother lives in Izmir. If you have any information about Selda and Fazil's whereabouts or have any tips on how to locate them, please email me at malathyc@yahoo.com. Please feel free to call if you are having trouble contacting relatives or loved ones. My mother had great trouble calling me thus I know how difficult and frustrating it is. My telephone number is 00 90532 5236453 I have email access to over ten friends living in Istanbul. They offered me help in locating my family. They are also willing to help others who are in need of information or who would like to have other kinds of help. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if I can help. Dear Vic Menrath; I have called Ayhan several times in order to find out whether your son and his girlfriend are all right. However he was not home due to the continuing slight quakes in Istanbul. But I strongly believe that they are all right because nobody reported deaths on the Asian side of Istanbul (their telephone number is on the Asian side) so please do not worry about them. For those people looking for friends or relatives, be aware that communication with the outside world is still very difficult, both by normal and mobile phone. The areas that have been badly affected in Istanbul are all on the European side out near the airport - in particular Avcilar and Halkali, with less damage in Sefakoy, Bagcilar and Zeytinburnu. The central parts of Istanbul, including the major tourist areas are fine. I am looking for information about my brother , Michael Oates and his family , who were in Yalova at the time of the earthquake. I am trying to locate and check on my sister, niece, and brother-in-law in a town called Eskisehir, Turkey which is near the earthquake epicenter in Izmit. My father has relatives in Istanbul, Bursa, and Bolu. I would like to know how extensive the damage in these areas is. Any assistance you can provide in helping me locate my sister, niece, and brother-in-law will be much appreciated. All these towns appear to be less than 200 miles from the epicentre in Izmit.Again thank you We are unable to contact our very dear musician friends, Sadako Yokoyama (flautist) and husband and son Emin (oboist) and Deniz Ozistek in the Istanbul suburb of Kartal-Maltepe at Deniz Apt, 23/7. Any news or relaying of our message would be greatly appreciated. I've just checked from the latest news and USA embassy web site, there is no death or injury of an us citizen reported. (see www.usis-ankara.org.tr) This is a response to the messages of J Garmon, J Sweet, M Murrel, R Atterby. Special notice to Jon Sweat: there is no death or injuries reported from Cankiri. To Vic Mennath from Australia: I called the phone you have given several times, it was ringing (a good sign in this case) but there was no answer. I'll try later again. I may be able to help locate your relatives in Istanbul. I have contacts in Turkey who can try to telephone them to see if they are all right. If you are having trouble contacting them and if you would like my help please e-mail me at david@iecnc.org, ICQ: 16036578, Tel: +903928158905 or +903928156601. All I need is their telephone number (and/or mobile) and their name. Thanks a lot; I have been able to call the parents of my girlfriend today morning, they`re alive; it must have been horrible, these 45 seconds... Samanthat and Taluy saw my message through BBC. They contacted my family and the report is that they are fine. Thank you BBC for your help in this terrible time. And thank you Samantha and Taluy for your prompt response. God help us all. God, please help the Turks. Sabahat Stone, As I know Findikzade region of Istanbul is all right.It is very hard to contact people via telephone,especially those with cellular phones,living in İzmit, Yalova and Golcuk.Try at different hours and for several times; with luck you may be able to contact your parents. Yes I know somethings about Tuzla. There are some ruins but it is not as bad as the other cities. My son & his girlfriend are staying with a friend in Istanbul- I only have his first name & telephone number- Ayhan - 90 216 3668635 - this number records a disconnected dial tone each time we ring & we are very worried . I would be very grateful if someone could help My parents-in-law, Nursel & Niyazi Konuralp, are from Degirmendere near Golcuk. They are staying with my wife and I in London at the moment but are very keen to get any news about their friends in the area. I'm trying to find several friends in and around the earthquake zone. Ann Wilson-Demircioglu and her children Can & Carli who live in Kadikoy, Istanbul and have relatives in and around Sakarya/Sapanca. Any teachers or students at Ozel Kocaeli Lisesi in Izmit. Also any information on Bursa as I have friends around there. Halim & Ayla Okuyan in Levent, Istanbul and their families in Sakarya. Donna Fuller and Liza Patel in Sultantepe, Istanbul. Any information at all would be greatly appreciated. A close friend is on holiday in Turkey, I don't know where abouts he is. I'm really worried about him. His name is Ashley Read and he is travelling with his parents and two sisters. If anyone reads this email and knows if they are safe, please tell them to contact me. Thank you This letter is to request some quidance on finding my friend Michelle's mother and aunt. They recently traveled to Turkey after planning their trip for seven years. Needless to say they were quite excited to go. Unfortunately, while they are over there, the earthquake hit. Normally, Michelle hears from her mother...She has not heard from her since the quake. What do you suggest is the best means of tracking her mother and aunt down? Their names are Donna Maria Gannon, age 58 and Patricia Buchanan, similiar age. Both are United States citizens. I am looking forward to your prompt response. Thank you for your time during such a tragic situation. Sincerely, We have relatives in Istanbul who were not hurt but also have family in Resadiye, not far from Akyazi and Adapazar. We have been unable to contact them and find out if they are safe. There seems to be no helpline or way of getting information about particular areas from over here. InseAllah they will be alright and contact us soon. Does anybody has information about Tuzla which is quite close to Izmit Thanks I was wondering if anyone had heard of any deaths reported in Cankiri (1 hour from Ankara). My wife is there with her family and I haven't been able to get through on the phone at all. I am in search of news from Saralkent village. It is between Karamursel and Yalova. My mother lives there by herself and I cannot reach her. Anyone who can provide news, I would appreciate. Thanks in advance for your support. I am very distressed to hear of this news...an acquaintance of mine, and a very dear friend of my roommate (who is in London), was in Istanbul. I hope she is alright, and everything is fine with her family...her name is Zumrut Firdevs Alp. I'm not sure where she was staying...she might have even missed it altogether, but I still hope she's okay. What a terrible tragedy! In the midst of the rubble the Ecumenical Patriarch (of Constantinople) His Beatitude Bartholomew, spiritual leader of 350 million Orthodox Christians around the world is located. No one has reported on his safety or whereabouts. He is a great leader and important man to Orthodox Christians around the world. Please give us some idea of his safety. (You may email me directly if you have information). I heard about the quake on Monday evening about 6:30pm, Ever since I was trying to get some information from my parents and my brother Akin Sengel and his family who live in Golcuk/Izmit and my sister. I do not know what happened to them, CNN keeps showing the ruins from Istanbul and Epicenter is in Izmit. I am very much worried about all of them. I keep praying that they are well and alive. I live in Hong Kong. I couldn't reach my family for the last 24 hours. Fortunately, I've just spoken to my father who just returned to Istanbul from a small village in Yalova. He told me that Yalova has been hit terribly and many small villages need urgent rescue and relief aids. Thanks for this creative service BBC! I am appealing for my boyfriend, ERCAN YILDIRIM,to please get in touch with me. He is currently doing his National Service in the navy at Golcuk. I heard that a naval base in Golcuk was hit, and I am fearing the worst. If anybody has any information, please contact me. I know that it will be hard to find just one person out of the population of Golcuk, but he is in a naval base at Golcuk if this will help. Please, I need to know if he is o.k. We are very worried about Nick Hirst and his Girlfriend Gaele, both working as English Teachers at: We have friends who live in YENIBOSNA a suburb of Istanbul. I have been frantically trying to contact them all day without any success and am out of my mind with worry. If anyone has any information about them please, please let me know. Their names are Senol and Muzeyyen Kara and they have a son and daughter called Cagri and Caglanur and it was Caglanur's fifth birthday yesterday 16/08/99. Please god let them be alright. We were supposed to be meeting them in Dalaman next Monday and now I don't even know if they are alive or not.. Please if anyone who may be reading this knows anything about how they are get in touch with me. Please help me find my niece-in-law's sister who is also a very special friend. Her name is Nese terzioglu who works and lives in Ismit. She is 30 years old and is renting an apartment, the address is: Bilge Apt, Emel Sokak, no 20/1 Sirintepemah. Izmit. Her husband Erol works for Turkkablo adress is TK53 Cenesuyu karsisi 41001. We are absolutely worried sick and have tried everyway we can to try and find her. The info numbers given out are just pre-recorded messages on an answerphone. Please try and put me in touch with anyone who can help. I cannot sleep tonight, I have even been watching crude turkish television hoping not to see her body being pulled out of a wreck. I hope someone reads this, I await in anticipation. Thank you Rock Guitarist Asim Can Gunduz requests help from his fans to find his sister. She was last located with her three children in Sapanca. Her name is Gulhan Gunduz. We are having problems getting through by telephone from the US. Could someone help and call her at these numbers and let us know that she is ok. Gulhan Gunduz Thank you very much for your support. God help and God Bless the Turkish People. Our secretary of 18 years, Jane Altun, had just arrived in Turkey to be with her family in Bolu when the earthquake struck. Our thoughts and prayers are with her, her family and all the people in Turkey at this terrible time. If anyone knows how the Altun family in Bolu are we would like to know. Trying to find friend Ahmet Goker.at Kirkpinar,Sapanca. Please Help I live in London. I have been trying to reach my family and friends by phone and had no luck so far and I am really concerned about them. My family lives in Findikzade, Istanbul. Does anybody know the scale of damage in that area? I would be grateful for any information. Thanks a lot.. Dear Sir., I am looking for my friend who is traveling in Turkey. She is a Taiwanese girl. Please help me to get the victim list from this accident. My friend is named Rita Chou.If anybody has more details information, I will appreciate for your help. Thanks. Best regards, We were so sorry to hear of the horrible quake in Turkey. We have close friends there that are like our family and have travelled to both Izmit and Istanbul for about three times in the last three years. We are looking for Bill and Carol Prime. They lived on the Asian side of Istanbul at Ideal Tepe. If you know anything about them or that area please let us know. even post it here. Thank you so much and know we are praying for you. Tessekur Ederim. Trying to find a family member. His name is Jeremy Atterberry, he is from the USA. Lassst known whereabouts was Istanbul. I anyone knows anything about him we would appreciate information. I am British on holiday in Australia. I have a sister and nephew and niece in Turkey on holiday by the name of Lesley Tasan, Eda and Kaan. I have been trying to contact their uncle Hakan and hoping to hear from them, I spoke to Lesley last night but no more information has come, I am very worried and would like to hear from them, if anyone knows of them and can contact me, many thanks.
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