Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake

Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by bigmattystyles on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:23AM (#34710329)

Erdogan and his ilk single-handedly made me hesitant about donating, that regardless who I donate to, they’ll find a way to line their pockets. I ended up donating, do the same, but Erdogan is a bastard man.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by sokols on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:39AM (#34710604)

You can donate here: https://ahbap.org/disasters-turkey

It's an NGO that currently is crowdsourcing donations for the relief.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by madaxe_again on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:46AM (#34710717)

And there is what, precisely, to prevent Erdogan and his cronies from just seizing the funds and arresting the principals? These bank accounts are in Turkey.

I would honestly be more comfortable using the likes of PayPal, as it’s less likely to be stolen by the government.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by mrtksn on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:17PM (#34711274)

They are very quick in spending the money and don't do long term project, built a solid reputation over the years and it's founder is a Turkish Rocks start who is politically not very pronounced.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by madaxe_again on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:49PM (#34711810)

That’s a good strategy, and good to know, thank you. I worked with an orphanage in Kyrgyzstan who had a policy of ensuring their bank account was empty at the end of every day, and it worked for them.

I’ve made a donation - I hope it ends up helping someone who needs it.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by mrtksn on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:56PM (#34711939)

thanks a lot!

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by sokols on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:56AM (#34710889)

Well, if we go by the logic you stated, a meteorite may fall down to my head now while I am exiting my work place.

Anyway, I think there are enough alternatives to donate. Where I live, a local relief organization is collecting donations for Turkey and Syria. Then there are UN agencies who do that etc.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by LarryMullins on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:02PM (#34710995)

Erdogan doing Erdogan things is a lot more likely than a meteorite falling on you, but it's your money so you do you.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by tradertef on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @04:14PM (#34715272)

+1 for Ahbap. It is a grassroots organization with not much religious and political agenda.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by mayormcmatt on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:46PM (#34711763)

I thought Dennis was the bastard man?

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by bigmattystyles on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:41PM (#34712655)

So is little Recep

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