New Jersey and New York have the nation’s largest Turkish population
Last Sunday, when a powerful, deadly earthquake struck southern Turkey before dawn local time, Orhan Akkurt was reading a book to her 9-year-old daughter at bedtime in Elwood, New Jersey, some 5,500 miles away from the epicenter of the 7.8-magnitude quake that has so far killed more than 37,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
An hour later, with no full information about the devastation of the earthquake, he went online and visited the site of, a digital publication that serves Turkish Americans in the New Jersey and New York area. Since the quake occurred last week, with hundreds of strong aftershocks, Zaman Amerika and other Turkish publications based in New Jersey and New York have been the lifeline for Turkish American families, using these news outlets as platforms to connect with their loved ones, find ways to donate and offer assistance and get first-hand information.
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