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I am writing to provide ways to contribute to the relief efforts for the humanitarian disaster caused by the recent earthquakes in Southeastern<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0">Türkiye.</span></div>
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addition, The Houston Consulate General of The Republic of <span style="color:rgb(66, 66, 66);font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important" class="ContentPasted2">Türkiye </span>(<span class="LrzXr ContentPasted3">5333
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<b>Subject:</b> Earthquake in Gaziantep - Republic of Türkiye</font>
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The historical city of Gaziantep in the Republic of Türkiye and the surrounding areas have been devastated by two back-to-back earthquakes of 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude on the Richter scale. The loss of life is significant and the damages extensive. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Please
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Please keep everyone affected in your thoughts and prayers.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> I will keep you posted about ways to give to support the victims of this catastrophe.</span></div>
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