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Fri, 04/01/2011 - 16:45
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Turkey set to ship on Sunday humanitarian aid to Japan
ANKARA (A.A) - 01.04.2011 - Turkey is set to send 50 tons of humanitarian aid to quake and tsunami-hit Japan, Turkish State Minister and Government Spokesman Cemil Cicek said in a written statement on Friday.
The humanitarian aid aboard a cargo ship of the Turkish Airlines will be shipped on Sunday from Ankara to Tokyo, Cicek said, adding the contents of the aid had been prepped in line with the demands of the Japanese government.
Turkey has already sent a 33-men search and rescue team, three vehicles, as well as radiation detectors.
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 hit Japan's north-east coast on March 11. The quake's epicentre is thought to have been 20 km below the ocean off Miyagi prefecture.
It shook buildings in capital Tokyo, some 300 km away. The quake unleashed a 4-meter tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland.
Officials think death toll will exceed 10,000 in Japan. Meanwhile, radiation spread from the four stricken reactors of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant along Japan's northeastern coast.
The humanitarian aid aboard a cargo ship of the Turkish Airlines will be shipped on Sunday from Ankara to Tokyo, Cicek said, adding the contents of the aid had been prepped in line with the demands of the Japanese government.
Turkey has already sent a 33-men search and rescue team, three vehicles, as well as radiation detectors.
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 hit Japan's north-east coast on March 11. The quake's epicentre is thought to have been 20 km below the ocean off Miyagi prefecture.
It shook buildings in capital Tokyo, some 300 km away. The quake unleashed a 4-meter tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland.
Officials think death toll will exceed 10,000 in Japan. Meanwhile, radiation spread from the four stricken reactors of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant along Japan's northeastern coast.
