{"id":24175,"date":"2023-02-07T18:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T02:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=24175"},"modified":"2023-02-19T08:47:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T16:47:23","slug":"donate-to-help-support-those-affected-by-turkey-syria-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/donate-to-help-support-those-affected-by-turkey-syria-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"Donate to help support those affected by Turkey\/Syria earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several members of the GMPuzzles family are from Turkey, and our thoughts go out to them and to others from Turkey and Syria who may have been affected or may know those affected by the recent earthquakes on the Turkish\/Syrian border. <\/p>\n<p>GMPuzzles will be donating all proceeds from book sales for the next ten days to relief efforts like those of the Turkish Red Crescent; we will also match any donations that come in via PayPal over the same period (see Tip Jar in left menu). As an advance against those amounts, we&#8217;ve given $1,000 to <b><a href=https:\/\/ahbap.org\/disasters-turkey>https:\/\/ahbap.org\/disasters-turkey<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Update 12 Feb 2023<\/b>: Serkan has constructed a puzzle to help raise awareness and funding for those impacted by the earthquake. We&#8217;ve put together <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2023\/EarthquakeReliefSudoku.pdf\">this simplified PDF<\/a> to be able to play along with the puzzle.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2023\/EarthquakeReliefSudoku.png\" alt=\"Earthquake Relief Sudoku by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli\" width=500><\/p>\n<p>The puzzle was also featured on Cracking the Cryptic:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Earthquakes: A Sudoku Appeal\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lRYzgt2gnKU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nwith <a href=https:\/\/app.crackingthecryptic.com\/sudoku\/4dHgHjFHdT>this link to play the puzzle online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several members of the GMPuzzles family are from Turkey, and our thoughts go out to them and to others from Turkey and Syria who may have been affected or may know those affected by the recent earthquakes on the Turkish\/Syrian border. 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