Thursday, December 30, 2004

Turkey Looking for 75 Nationals Missing After Asian Tsunamis

"Turkey Looking for 75 Nationals Missing After Asian Tsunamis
30/12/2004
ANKARA, Turkey -- The government announced on Wednesday (29 December) that 75 Turks remain missing after tsunamis hit southern Asia on Sunday. The foreign ministry said it is trying to establish the whereabouts of 41 Turkish nationals in Thailand, five in Malaysia, seven in India, four each in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, five in the Maldives, two in Singapore and seven in Indonesia. Ankara also pledged to donate $1m to the countries worst affected by the disaster."

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