The fundraising campaign organized through the joint effort of eight national TV channels and the participation of numerous TV personalities answering the calls of donors raised TL 115.1 billion for Turkish quake survivors.
Turkey's new campaign for earthquake victims, named "Turkey One Heart" raised over TL 115.1 billion ($6.1 billion), as many Turkish television and radio stations joined forces late Wednesday to hold an aid drive to help the survivors of last week's devastating earthquakes.
A joint broadcast hosted by eight national TV channels was live-streamed on more than 200 Turkish and international channels and over 500 radio stations from the country and abroad.
Moderated by TV personalities Nihat Hatipoğlu, Pelin Çift, former model Çağla Şikel, media mogul Acun Ilıcalı and others, the fundraiser was held live for seven hours.
At the same time, more than 9 million SMS were sent through the country's telecom operators for the campaign.
Actors, renowned TV personalities Barış Arduç, Berk Oktay, Burak Özçivit, Hande Erçel, Engin Akyürek, Esra Erol, Afra Saraçoğlu, Burak Deniz, Alp Navruz, Aslı Enver, Merve Dizdar, Barış Falay, Selahattin Paşalı, Özge Özpirinçci, Uğur Güneş, Murat Yıldırım, Mehmet Özgür, Birkan Sokullu, Eda Ece, Melisa Aslı Pamuk, Ismail Hacıoğlu, Kadir Doğulu and his wife Neslihan Atagül Doğulu, Seda Sayan, Hasan Can Kaya, Aras Bulut Iynemli, Ezgi Mola and Halit Ergenç were among famous names answering the phone calls set up for donations.
In the second part of the broadcast, names such Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Murat Boz, Ebru Gündeş, Erkan Petekkaya, Engin Altan Düzyatan, Serenay Sarıkaya, Esra Ketenci, Sümeyye Aydoğan, Hilal Anay, Mert Ramazan Demir, Kaan Urgancıoğlu and Pınar Deniz also answered the calls to support the campaign.
