Prayer Request for 'Second Hometown' Turkey
Three Posts Published on Donation Methods and Related Information
Volleyball player Kim Yeon-koung (35, Heungkuk Life) appealed for help for T?rkiye, which suffered from a massive earthquake. For Kim Yeon-koung, T?rkiye is a country with a deep connection, having played as an athlete there for eight years.
From the 6th to the 7th, Kim Yeon-koung posted three times on her Instagram, urging for help and attention to T?rkiye.
The first post was uploaded shortly after the earthquake occurred. It was a post announcing that a major earthquake had struck T?rkiye.
The second and third posts were made after the severity of the damage became known. One post detailed how to send donations with the phrase "Help Turkey!" and the other asked for prayers for T?rkiye and Syria.
Kim Yeon-koung and T?rkiye have maintained a connection for 12 years. In 2011, Kim Yeon-koung joined T?rkiye's top women's volleyball team, Fenerbah?e, winning seven championship trophies over six years. After playing in China for one year following the 2017 season, she returned to T?rkiye to play for two seasons starting in 2018 with Eczacıba?ı.
Due to this connection, Kim Yeon-koung also extended a helping hand when T?rkiye faced difficulties from large-scale wildfires in 2021. At that time, it was revealed that the T?rkiye women's volleyball team, which lost to Korea in the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics, pledged to do their best for the people affected by the wildfires. This sparked a sapling donation campaign among domestic fans. Kim Yeon-koung participated as well, donating saplings under the name of Kim Yeon-koung and Team Korea.
Kim Yeon-koung appealed for help and attention to T?rkiye through her Instagram on the 6th (local time). The photo shows Kim Yeon-koung's post on social media regarding the earthquake in T?rkiye. / Photo by Yonhap News
Meanwhile, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (ESMC) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS), at 4:17 a.m. on the 6th, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred 17.9 km underground about 33 km inland from the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep. Then, at 1:24 p.m., another magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck 59 km north-northeast of Kahramanmara?, T?rkiye.
This earthquake caused extensive damage, including the collapse of hundreds of buildings mainly in southern T?rkiye and the northern border area of Syria. As of the 7th, the death toll has exceeded 7,800. Nearly 6,000 buildings collapsed in T?rkiye alone, and hundreds of households remain buried under debris, suggesting that the human toll is likely to rise further.
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