‘Entire families are all gone’: Turkish chef in Singapore lost over 120 relatives in quakes


Turkish chef Ahmet Akpinar lost more than 120 relatives in the earthquakes that hit Turkey in February.

SINGAPORE, March 12 (The Straits Times/ANN): Each time he spoke with his brother in Turkey days after the Feb 6 earthquakes that hit their country and Syria, he was told more relatives had died.

It reached the point where Singapore permanent resident Ahmet Akpinar, 43, executive chef and owner of The Mediterranean Deli Turk in Far East Plaza, had had enough of the bad news and stopped talking to his brother for a while.

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