ANKARA
Charity sale organized as part of the "Bread and Blanket for Syrians" campaign by the spouses of Anadolu Agency (AA) employees began on Friday.
The event is held at the press center exhibition hall of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality.
AA staff and relatives has been alarmed by the tragedy of the Syrians struggling to live during the civil war ongoing for two years.
Local foods, hand works, clothes, souvenirs and stationary sent from all corners of the country are put up for charity sale.
The money collected from the sale will be sent to Syrians in need.
The "Bread&Blanket for Syrians" campaign was launched last December in Turkey by a group of Turkish civil society organizations and it quickly received nation-wide and international support.