Letters to the Editor

To Dr. Trevor Waner,
Editor-in-Chief, Israel Journal of Veterinary Medicine.

From: Dr. Suheyla Turkyılmaz, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Türkiye.

Unfortunately, we experienced the worst disaster of the last century in southern Türkiye. Yes, we have lost so many people; I cannot find words to describe our current sadness and pain.

However many of our people were rescued by search and rescue teams. This is our only consolation. One of the teams that first went to the disaster area and saved many of our people under very difficult conditions at the cost of their lives and showed exemplary solidarity with the Turkish people was the Israeli rescue team. When our children see such beautiful movements of solidarity, they will take an example and the world will become a livable place.

After seeing the efforts of the Israeli team to save lives on television, my son said that “he wanted to go to Israel when he grew up and that he wanted to get to know the Israeli people”. I hope he can do that one day.

I hope we can talk about much better things with you in the future. We would like to express our endless gratitude to everyone who served in the Israel Rescue Team and all the Israeli people for their outstanding efforts.

Stay safe and strong.

Best regards, 

Suheyla

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From: Dr. Recep Kalin of the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Türkiye.

“Thank you very much for your warm and sincere wishes for us. This is the biggest disaster to occur in Türkiye in a century. I would like to thank your country and government for sending rescue teams immediately, as well as the other 70 countries. God bless all people in the world after this big disaster.”

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From: Prof. Dr. Özkan Aslantaş, Microbiology Department Veterinary Medicine Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University 31034-Antakya/Hatay/ Türkiye

Dear Dr. Trevor Waner,
Thank goodness, my family and I are in good health. We had a great disaster. We left Hatay and came to Ankara. Thank you very much for your interest and sincere condolences.

Sincerely yours.