Turkish woman 'blown away' by Cork response to earthquake appeal

Alev Ulubay Mete has collected 500 boxes of donated items

Alev Ulubay Mete at the ICOT College, Cork, with some of the 500 boxes of humanitarian aid which will be sent to Turkey. Picture: Dan Linehan

A Turkish native living in Cork has said she is “blown away” by the local response which saw hundreds of boxes of supplies donated to victims of the earthquake which has killed more than 38,000 people across Turkey and Syria.

Alev Ulubay Mete, who said she “woke up to a nightmare” last Monday after the earthquake struck, set up a donation point at ICOT English College, her place of work in Cork.