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Loddon HERALD Vol 3 No 10 THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2023 ISSN 2653-1550
MIRACLE BOND Turkey’s Consul-General to Victoria Arif Eser Torun with East Loddon College captains Steph Demo and Joshua Diss and Friends of Gallipoli chairman John Basarin. LH PHOTO
EAST Loddon P12 students have been praised for their extraordinary compassion and support of Turkey.
The country’s Consul-General to Victoria, Arif Eser Torun, visited the school on Tuesday to accept a $5000 donation towards rebuilding Turkey after a devastating earthquake last month. “This is not about the donation but that people remember, share
By CHRIS EARL
their feelings and their grief,” said Mr Torun whose home city of Antakya was levelled in the 7.8 quake. “My hometown was the most devastated city. The total city collapsed and will have to be rebuilt. “The earthquake was the equivalent of eight atomic bombs in two minutes.”
East Loddon students forged a connection with Turkey during centenary of ANZAC commemorations with visits in 2015 and 2018 and sister school ties with a school in Canakkale, located just across the Dardanelles from the Gallipoli Peninsula. The school has twice hosted Turkish exchange students. The program was put on hold in 2020 by COVID. Principal Steve Leed said the
visit of Mr Torun and Friends of Gallipoli chairman Dr Johnm Basarin coincided with the school’s Respectfully Red day to raise awareness and funds for the victims of the Turkish earthquakes. “We are very gratefuil for the friendship of East Loddon,” said Mr Torun. “This compassion and love for others and a bond that is something quite extraordinary ... like a miracle.”
Mr Torun said the friendship with the East Loddon school and Australia had grown over more than a century following the end of World War One. His grand-father had been injured fighting for Turkey against Australian and Commonwealth troops at Gallipoli in 1915. February’s earthquakes killed more than 57,000 people, left 1.5 million people homeless and affected another 14 million people.
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