Turkish students organize aid campaign for Rohingya

By Esber Ayaydın

ANKARA

Secondary and high school students from Turkey have raised money to build six houses for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

A total of 600 students in the Aegean Izmir province organized the aid campaign -- initiated by Turkish Deniz Feneri Association -- to support Rohingya in Bangladesh’s Cox's Bazar district.

The houses would be built for Rohingya Muslims fleeing state persecution in Myanmar.

Muhammet Arif , and student Mikail Bayindir told Anadolu Agency they were very happy to help people in need.