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Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: Toky on November 09, 2015, 14:54:01 PM
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For those who know him, Senay has been in quite a serious car crash avoiding 2 pedestrians on last night of his season. He has head injuries which wont be life threatening thankfully. His car is wrecked and he is badly shaken. He is a fantastic character and I wish him a speedy recovery.
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Poor man, wishing him a speedy and full recovery. :-\ :)
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Get well soon Senay
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Sending best wishes - get well soon xxx.
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Wishing him a speedy recovery
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Get well soon Senay .. a very nice person to know for the past few years
.make a full recovery see you next year.
Ron & Olga
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Get well soon.
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Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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Wishing you a speedy recovery Senay in good time for next year. Love and best wishes Mike & Pat
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Get well soon x
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All the best & a speedy recovery :)
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best wishes for your good recovery ( :)
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Was shocked when I heard the news, get well soon Senay, love from Steven Paula, Scott, Mary, Bill and little Paul xxx
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Someone has set up a just giving page to try and help with some money towards a new car, specially as he has no work til next season.
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Hi everyone - I am the "someone" :-)
I had an "email share" with Keith before coming on to this forum, and he pointed out this thread. Thank you - because all the activity we have been doing is on Facebook. And we are running out of any context that keeps this whole thing "sensible" rather than one "big begging bowl".
Current situ is that Senay is housebound, loads of stitches in his head, with a very sore back and legs - and facing a bill of YTL 6000 to put their car back on the road. All of that during the "season of no income". So we set up a "crowdfunding page" through JustGiving.
The link is http://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/senay-nuran
>>> off the record (!!) a few of us are concerned at the "head games" all of this is playing in his mind - as he sits there housebound, no fishing, no fresh air, and no mobility (legs or a car) even when he is mobile. Secondly this is a family thing rather than just a "car".
So - please - if you want to help with any and all of that: visit the link, and do what you can (donations of £900.00 - target of £1650.00 - raised in around one week). It has three more weeks before JustGiving closes the page.
A big thank you to Keith - and to each of you reading this. Paul xxx
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The total is rising nicely. Hope you reach the target. :)
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Toky/Rosemary, thank you for staring this thread - and for your warm welcome.
Senay was "blown away" when he found out why Facebook had so many links to a picture of his mangled car. One thing we all know is that he is real softie under the " joker exterior". If (when?) the target is achieved - even then it will be just one step in them getting back to "normal". But ...
When real people step-in as is happening right now - that is a real and loving embrace from all us - around all of them. And that is massive!
(If that sounds like a "sales pitch" ... I guess it is! Thank you all again :) )
Paul
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I have put the link to JustGiving on the Calis BeachForum Facebook page too
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Big thanks Keith, might be psychic forces at work! A FB CBF post popped up in my newsfeed and I had the same thought. If I am doubling up, please delete or edit as works best - I do not want to irritate or confuse.
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I have just learned of Senays accident. I am also on Fb, but somehow I don't get all the news I should be and have to rely on the good old CBF! As everyone else on here, I wish Senay a full and speedy recovery. ;)
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This may be a silly question, but did Senay not have his car insured ?
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We also thought that Jacqui. Not being on FB we dont know the full story. Maybe he has some insurance (but not enough) which will go some way to go towards the replacement. We don't know him personally but this generosity isn't shown to everyone there who has an unfortunate accident, so he must be well loved to generate this response. :)
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Hi Jacqui - I asked the same sensible question very early on. And (having driven our family car "3rd party" for decades) I groaned when Senay said he is 3rd party (called something else in Turkish?). Because it was pedestrians - rather than another (3rd party covered) car involved - there is no insurance payout. That was THE deciding factor in creating a "crowdfunding" page.
So a sincere thank you for asking, and for adding your comment, Lotty - because it allows me to confirm this is not simply "feel-good fundraising".
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The Giving page website "broke" and has now been fixed. If you were trying and couldn't get to it - it's open again! Total is currently £1055.00, so thank you all for your kindness! :-)
http://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/senay-nuran
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Got it now PaulMandy thanks
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Thanks to you all for answering the one question I would have liked to ask myself, regarding the situation with his insurance. The past few posts have eased my mind. Thanks. ;)
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All this talk of money and "please give if you can" (and the giving is F.A.B. - thank you so much) ... So I thought you might like a glimpse of "Senay the person"(the pictures have all been on Facebook for 2-3 years).
There is a post/link on the CBF Facebook Group page.
Enjoy -
Paul
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No link here paulmandy? :)
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Hi Lotty - thank you :-)
It is: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4098968646330.157729.1646312973&type=1&l=a79c6e64c4 (http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4098968646330.157729.1646312973&type=1&l=a79c6e64c4)
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The wall of love gets bigger and bigger! Thank you Kev, Debs, Finn and Poppy! Thank you Tony and Caroline! Thank you Marj and Bill! Thank you the Walkers! Thank you Steve and Ann!
Is this mind-blowing, or is this Mind-Blowing!
Now up to £1355.00 - wow!
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One final push folks and it will be sorted. :)
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Is there any way to donate via paypal sorry Im not too techy!
Hope Senay gets sorted with his car and injuries, always a warm welcome from him at Gunisik :)
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Hi Karennina - it has struck me that signing up for a JustGiving page may be "not for me". I can offer a suggestion - but all this on trust (so I am hesitant for that reason). The JustGiving page will transfer the cash to my UK bank account, and I will Western Union cash transfer to Fethiye for Senay and family to collect. All the costs at both ends are being covered outside of the fundraising page.
If you wish (that is where trust comes in) I have a PayPal account I have used to move money before. Have a think and let me know? Because the next "comment" I have (I was in the middle of it as you added your question) is getting close to begging (and no apologies from me) :-)
So if PayPal is another way - thank you!
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Senay does not know I am writing this. As he would say (and does): "Aye don car(rrr)e!"
23/05/2009 - our eldest daughter married her man. All the details were arranged, covered, organised (and organised!). The day was truly moving. "Father of the groom" made a speech, "the groom" made a speech (with the obligatory "cringe factor" ;). And then the bride - usually the silent recipient as "us men" speak - our daughter stood up and spoke. She brought the whole room to sniffly happy wet tears (see the picture for her words). And I was left to make my "father of the bride" cringe-worthy speech - and did. And felt a complete fraud! :-)
You don't have to "love" someone to love someone. You don't have to do much to do a lot. But you do have to do something. Donations have ground to a halt. Thank you to all who have added to the £1385 so far. That is short of the £1650. Will you make the difference? And if this is close to begging - it's very simple: they need a leg-up right now. The clock is ticking and the page will close. Thank you.
(and see Karennina's comment about PayPal)
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Karennina -
Just gone to my PayPal account and it says this: "Enter your recipient’s email address or mobile number. Enter an amount and send your money more securely. We’ll notify the recipient, they’ll just need to set up a PayPal account if they don’t have one." Thank you - never thought of PayPal!
if you want to use that, your money will be added to the JustGiving page using you name (or "Anon" if you prefer) - so that you can see it, and so can everyone else. Can I give my PayPal email address here - or is it best through messages?
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£135 ... £135 ... £135 ...
Just £135 more and we, you, all of us have done something very special!! Share the word, spread the love, check out the new picture, have a little dance, smile a smile of smiles!! And bust a gut to pull in the last few £s.
Thank you all .. ((hugs))
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paul what you are under the target this time tomorrow I will make up the difference
we have known senay and nuran for years and do not no a nicer and more hardworking couple
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Wow! Steve, my phone went "ping" and I saw your comment in an email notification. Gotta tell you ... I passed the phone to my wife with a lump in my throat. Wow! Thank you so much (and I hope the target is reached, but ... wow!!!!). Thank you.
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Hi Paul sorry only just got back to CBF...I have eight quid in my Paypal doing nothing its not much but turned into TL will sound more towards the fund!
I dont have a clue how to get it to the just giviing page do you want to pm me yoraypal name, not sure how safe it is to display in public? Thank you :)
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Dear karennina -
Thank you! I have just messaged you my details. And for anyone else thinking "what difference will my few pounds make?" - well I am blown away by karennina: from her to paypal to paypal to me - and then to the "giving page". THAT is a lot of love!
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No problem it was £7 in the end as i forgot I bought sumat off Ebay for a quid yesterday....
Senay always remembers my cousin and I at Gunisik and is so welcoming and always shakes our hand despite us not going particularly frequently....This I like we can also walk past Gunisik and not feel guilty if we are not eating there...we have learnt over the years the establishments that get 'the hump' if you dont eat at their place so much so that one person completely ignores us and indeed turns his head away when he sees us coming, cant be doing with that sort of behaviour at our age in life!
Hope Senay makes a speedy recovery and gets sorted re his car soon.
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Thanks for that Karen - know what you mean!! :-)
And ....
£58.00 to go .... £58.00 to go .... £58.00 to go .... Just £58.00 to go!! Thank you Mike and Pat, Karen, Nuala and Tom, Annie, Dave and Liz, Sue and Adie, Steve and family, , , , , , , the list gets longer and longer!!!
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Paul just sent £40 can you let me know the total left and I will send as promised
Cheers
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Dear Steve, with your £40 - the total stands at £1652.00 against the targets of £1650.00!!!
Since your kind offer last night, I was hoping that others would not see it and think "Steve will do it, I don't need to." And they didn't!!
I am more than happy right now - and your "pledge" yesterday was the icing on a very special cake!! Thanks doesn't quite do it!! :-)
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Absolutely delighted you've reached the target Paulmandy. I know Senay will be very humbled by this so well done for arranging this. :)
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In 13 days you have raised £1,652.00. In just 13 days you have done something very special. Sometimes we use this word "friends" to include those we "know of" as well as those we "know well". You have shown Senay and Nuran and all Calis what friends actually "do"! Thank you all
Toky, a special thank you to you ((hugs))
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Paul, that's the power of the CBF members for you. In the beginning I wasn't too sure whether you'd reach the target set, but get somewhere very near. It's great that the target has been reached. Don't forget to keep us all informed as to the follow-up. Well done for setting the ball rolling! ;)
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Hi Steve, thank you. And fully intend to add updates. The first one is from Senay:
"Hello my all friends me Senay-nuran Ocakcı thank you very very very very much all friends help me all my friends very special very special l now very happy better my heart ❤ very soft my family see thank you very much very big kiss my all friends xxxx"
And the giving continues: £1,682.00 right now!!
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It's really nice to hear good things and good news .were people are all happy and doing things that human beings are ment to do . Rather than what you see all around the world at the moment . Let's your remember Most human beings are a nice bunch
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This is a fantastic outcome and typical to see that Senay and Nuran have read every FB ,every pledge and then added a personal thank you to each person.Just shows what lovely people they are.this whole thing just shows what people power can do,I think CBF and those who organised and donated could teach our world leaders a trick or two!
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SMALL PRINT:
Please note that JustGiving will take money pledged from your account on/around 7th December.
The total is transferred to me in £s (how much will that be in another 2 weeks?)
I transfer all the money to Senay (to a Western Union, Fethiye, office).
Senay picks up the cash YTL (lira).
(I think we might even have enough for a "go faster stripe" for their car!)
Any questions - please ask. Thank you again.
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If anyone has any money left to donate, they might like to go over to Higlander's Advent Calendar on this Forum, which is to help local underpriveleged children, who really need help He has a few numbers left so please help....
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Go with your conscience.....so many good causes needing help at this time. 3C's. Embrace, Fig, Animal Aid.........all these charities, need help from all who can afford to donate
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Thank you all for your patience. With just two days to go - Kev/Lesley take the total to £1,792.00.
Do you remember the mashed-up car and driver? Here is picture - attached, I hope - of what has been happening
So ... The 30 day fundraising ends on Tuesday ... Then a week this Friday, JustGiving release the money ... And - assuming that each pledge is successfully collected - Senay, Nuran and their family pick-up YTL 7,755 (at todays Western Union rate) from the Western Union Fethiye office on Friday 20th December.
Is that a "Christmas present" or is that a "Christmas present"? Thank you all so much - confirmation and further updates as the "process" ticks through the closing stages.
http://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/senay-nuran
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Go with your conscience.....so many good causes needing help at this time. 3C's. Embrace, Fig, Animal Aid.........all these charities, need help from all who can afford to donate
I agree - if there was any money left over from the money raised, could it be distributed amongst local charities. :)
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Paulmandy, well done for achieving the total you had hoped for. Hope Senay's head injury is getting better by the day and that he will be back to full health very soon. He and Nuran will be overjoyed at everyone's generosity. Mutlu Noeller to them from Rosemary & Robin
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Well – how did the story end?
You raised £1802.00 in under 30 days. All of the £1,802.00 was collected by JustGiving. Thank you. And all of the £1,802.00 was transferred to Senay and Nuran (via Western Union).
Yesterday they collected YTL 8,068 from Western Union, Fethiye.
That clears the cost of rebuilding their car, also covers some hospital bills along the way, and sounds like (from talking to him this morning) he is spending anything left over on his mobile phone calling as many of us as he can get hold of.
Then – the icing on the cake – he was really excited about fishing again. Which means family bbqs. Which means life is returning to normal. And that is just perfect!
And each of you helped make this happen so wonderfully.
Thank you!
Paul (with a lot of help from so many - including being allowed to hog this thread on the forum!) :)
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very well done :)