“People are dying,” the Turkish exporter Demirel tearfully begs for help

Former Turkish international goalkeeper of Fenerbahce Volkan Demirel this Monday, between sobs, begged for “help” to save those left under the rubble caused by the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that hit Turkey this morning. and Syria shook.

“I want you to send whatever resources you have,” Demirel tells the camera before bursting into tears and begging his followers in a cracking voice, “Please, please, for God’s sake people are dying here.” , as could have been seen in a direct published on his Instagram account.

The former international goalkeeper of the Turkish national team is currently the coach of Hatayspor in the top tier of Turkish football. This is the main team from the city of Hatay, the capital of the southern Mediterranean province of the same name and one of the cities hardest hit by the devastating earthquake.

Demirel, who is 41 years old and has more than 1.2 million followers on the social network, retired from active football in 2019, having played almost 400 matches with Fenerbahce Istanbul and more than sixty as the starting goalkeeper of the Turkish team

The preliminary death toll from the earthquake in Syria and Turkey reaches nearly 1,800 people, among the more than 1,000 deaths reported in Turkey and the 785 recorded fatalities in neighboring Syria. Emergency services are working against the clock to rescue those still trapped under the rubble.