As aid continues to pour into the Turkish embassy in Washington, volunteers and Turkish officials express gratitude for public generosity.
As cars and trucks packed with blankets and diapers come to a stop outside the embassy gate, Ata Han Kasab Chopur and his friend Alp Selman rush to unload the cargo. Names and addresses of the donors are promptly noted on a sheet of paper by another volunteer. Then comes the most time-consuming task of separating various items into boxes destined for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria.
It's a busy day for everyone inside and outside the Turkish embassy in Washington DC.
It has remained so since Monday when two powerful back-to-back earthquakes hit Turkey, killing thousands of people and flattening countless buildings.
As the heartbreaking visuals emerged on social media platforms, the Turkish diaspora was quick to converge on foreign embassies around the world to organise relief.
