The 100-year-old earthquake that hit the border between southern Turkey and northern Syria has killed more than 5,000 people in the two countries so far.

Our country has established the "Taiwan International Search and Rescue Team". The second batch of rescue teams of 90 people will set off this evening (7th), and will be entrusted with important tasks by Premier Chen Chien-jen.

(Picture taken from Chen Jianren's Facebook page)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] The 100-year-old earthquake hit the border between southern Turkey and northern Syria recently, killing more than 5,000 people in the two countries so far.

Our country has established the "Taiwan International Search and Rescue Team". The second batch of rescue teams of 90 people will set off this evening (7th), and will be entrusted with important tasks by Premier Chen Chien-jen.

Chen Chien-jen also posted on Facebook that in the past Turkey helped Taiwan a lot during the September 21 period, and now that they have suffered serious disasters, our assistance to them is even more urgent.

Chen Jianren posted on Facebook that following the first search and rescue team yesterday, the second search and rescue team will set off tonight, including 90 search and rescue teams, 2 search and rescue dogs, and 6.4 metric tons of search and rescue equipment. Cheer up all the brave search and rescue team members, and remind them that the climate in Turkey is still quite cold, and they must pay more attention to their own safety in the face of the dangerous post-disaster environment.

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Chen Chien-jen said that in the past, Turkey sent search and rescue teams to Taiwan as soon as the September 21 earthquake struck. Now that Turkey has suffered such a serious disaster, we cannot delay our assistance to Turkey. Therefore, President Tsai Ing-wen will also announce yesterday The relief fund for Turkey has been increased from 200,000 US dollars to 2 million US dollars, hoping to help the disaster victims in Turkey rebuild their homes as soon as possible.

Chen Chien-jen went on to say that the search and rescue team included brothers and sisters from the Fire Department, Taipei City, Taichung City, and Pingtung County. , can do our best to assist the local search and rescue work, and help the victims find their families as soon as possible. Taiwan can help, Taiwan is helping! We once again pray for Turkey, and hope that our search and rescue team members are all safe and can return smoothly after completing their missions!"

The 100-year-old earthquake that hit the border between southern Turkey and northern Syria has killed more than 5,000 people in the two countries so far.

Our country has established the "Taiwan International Search and Rescue Team". The second batch of rescue teams of 90 people will set off this evening (7th), and will be entrusted with important tasks by Premier Chen Chien-jen.

(Picture taken from Chen Jianren's Facebook page)

The 100-year-old earthquake that hit the border between southern Turkey and northern Syria has killed more than 5,000 people in the two countries so far.

Our country has established the "Taiwan International Search and Rescue Team". The second batch of rescue teams of 90 people will set off this evening (7th), and will be entrusted with important tasks by Premier Chen Chien-jen.

(Picture taken from Chen Jianren's Facebook page)