attention of Beyhan Antepli, a Turkish bus driver will provide a new four-man lifebuoy young sisters trapped in the middle of the raging war between Ukraine and Russia. Antepli, who has been in Ukraine to evacuate Turkish citizens, transported the girls to safetyand the sisters are now watching forward meet with their mother, who couldn’t get back to her home country of Antalya in Turkey, where she stayed.
The sisters, all between the ages of 5 and 12, stayed in Ukrainian Kharkov with their grand-dad, who has Alzheimer’s disease, while their mother had traveled to Turkey for a holiday before war broke out. the children and big-parents took refuge in underground shelters and sought a way out of the city when their house was bombed. the family made at a station in Lviv, hoping join others leave the country.
It was when Antepli, who was sent to help evacuate Turkish nationals in Ukraine, noticed them, huddled and crying. the driver decide to help reach them safety and called the Turkish Foreign Ministry, which organized the evacuations. Their grand-father asked the officials of the ministry to unite the children with their mother. They entrusted the girls to Antepli, and he took the children in Turkey via the Kapıkule border crossing. The girls will travel to Istanbul first with the help of Turkish officials and will then be flown to Antalya later to meet with their mother.
Antepli told Anadolu Agency (AA) on Friday in the northwestern Turkish province of Edirne, where the Kapıkule border post is located, that he was moved when he saw the children cry at the station. “They had a grand-father and a grand-mother, both elderly, frail peopleI don’t know what to do next. I wanted for help their. I called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ministry was very helpful to me,” he said.
He said the family had traveled for more only four days to reach Lviv and their journey to Edirne took two more days. “The children will have to travel more. They are exhausted, but it will be worth bear it once they have gathered their mother,” he said. children had no food or water when they were stranded in a shelter and had no help before arriving at the station.
Turkey prioritizes evacuation of its citizens of Ukraine and brought thousands home in the past two weeks. This also provides a lifeline, through humanitarian aid, to war-affected Ukrainians. Turkish citizens with occasional links with the country step in to provide assistance.
For example, Ilker Erdoğan, a fruit and vegetable trader, is one of them. When the trucks he sent for exports to Ukraine were blocked, Erdoğan decided to deliver exports for free of charge ukrainians who had limited access To food.
Erdoğan himself was in Kyiv when the war started on February 24 and was evacuated to Turkey. However, his three trucks, loaded with the cucumbers and tomatoes he exported to the country were stuck there. When the trucks could not return or unload the cargo, Erdoğan called the governorate of Uman in central Ukraine and coordinated the delivery of goods to people for free.
attention of Beyhan Antepli, a Turkish bus driver will provide a new four-man lifebuoy young sisters trapped in the middle of the raging war between Ukraine and Russia. Antepli, who has been in Ukraine to evacuate Turkish citizens, transported the girls to safetyand the sisters are now watching forward meet with their mother, who couldn’t get back to her home country of Antalya in Turkey, where she stayed.
The sisters, all between the ages of 5 and 12, stayed in Ukrainian Kharkov with their grand-dad, who has Alzheimer’s disease, while their mother had traveled to Turkey for a holiday before war broke out. the children and big-parents took refuge in underground shelters and sought a way out of the city when their house was bombed. the family made at a station in Lviv, hoping join others leave the country.
It was when Antepli, who was sent to help evacuate Turkish nationals in Ukraine, noticed them, huddled and crying. the driver decide to help reach them safety and called the Turkish Foreign Ministry, which organized the evacuations. Their grand-father asked the officials of the ministry to unite the children with their mother. They entrusted the girls to Antepli, and he took the children in Turkey via the Kapıkule border crossing. The girls will travel to Istanbul first with the help of Turkish officials and will then be flown to Antalya later to meet with their mother.
Antepli told Anadolu Agency (AA) on Friday in the northwestern Turkish province of Edirne, where the Kapıkule border post is located, that he was moved when he saw the children cry at the station. “They had a grand-father and a grand-mother, both elderly, frail peopleI don’t know what to do next. I wanted for help their. I called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ministry was very helpful to me,” he said.
He said the family had traveled for more only four days to reach Lviv and their journey to Edirne took two more days. “The children will have to travel more. They are exhausted, but it will be worth bear it once they have gathered their mother,” he said. children had no food or water when they were stranded in a shelter and had no help before arriving at the station.
Turkey prioritizes evacuation of its citizens of Ukraine and brought thousands home in the past two weeks. This also provides a lifeline, through humanitarian aid, to war-affected Ukrainians. Turkish citizens with occasional links with the country step in to provide assistance.
For example, Ilker Erdoğan, a fruit and vegetable trader, is one of them. When the trucks he sent for exports to Ukraine were blocked, Erdoğan decided to deliver exports for free of charge ukrainians who had limited access To food.
Erdoğan himself was in Kyiv when the war started on February 24 and was evacuated to Turkey. However, his three trucks, loaded with the cucumbers and tomatoes he exported to the country were stuck there. When the trucks could not return or unload the cargo, Erdoğan called the governorate of Uman in central Ukraine and coordinated the delivery of goods to people for free.