A Turkish barber in Galway city said he is overwhelmed at the response to his appeal for clothing and equipment to donate to earthquake survivors.
The supplies will be taken to Dublin where the Turkish Embassy is overseeing the national relief effort in Ireland.
Already eight tonnes of aid have been flown to Turkey in recent days.
The Turk's Barber Shop on the old Dublin Road has seen a steady stream of items dropped off since its owner put out an appeal for aid in his stricken homeland.
Remzi Ozbiner and a group of volunteers have worked through the night sifting and sorting through blankets and clothing for people in desperate need.
"The temperatures are freezing, and people woke to this disaster in the middle of the night after 4am and fled for their lives with nothing," he said.
"All of these items are needed urgently and we will make several journeys in a truck to Dublin this weekend."
Mr Ozbiner moved to Galway 21 years ago and is married to Conamara woman Michelle. They have two children, 10-year-old Ayse and 7-year-old Erdan.
His family has survived the earthquake in Turkey, but remain distraught at the devastating loss of life.
"This is one of the worst earthquakes in recent history and is affecting so many people," he said.
"All we can do is reach out and do our very best for them.
"When I saw shipments going from the Turkish Embassy, I decided straight away to get involved and organise an appeal amongst the Turkish/Irish community in Galway."
Martin Naughton and Ursula Brady work with disability services in Galway. The pair dropped off bags before work today.
"It's a chance to do something for people when we cannot physically be there to help them," Mr Naughton said.
"So it's our small way to leave in clothes this morning and hopefully over the coming weeks, we'll try and do more for these poor unfortunate people"
Ms Brady said it was tragic to watch the suffering unfolding on the news every day.
"We responded to a shout out to people to donate warm clothes and blankets," she said.
"So, I was delighted last night to go home, open the press and take out coats, jackets, hats, gloves, sitting there and not being used and be able to hand them in this morning.
"Hopefully they will help some poor people in need with nothing to their name anymore"
Veronica Comer heaves numerous black bags from the boot of her car. She has driven in from Loughrea.
"I just pulled out all the winter stuff, all the warm stuff. We can replace these clothes. Their needs are paramount right now and we have too much. It's just devastating and my heart goes out to them all," Ms Comer said.
A short distance away in a Turkish kebab house, Kagan Karakash is facetiming his elderly parents and brother in Malatya.
The mechanical engineer is in Galway just nine months. His family are safe for now, but their house has been destroyed.
Mikhail and Zeliha break down in tears talking to their son. Mikhail beats his chest and as he struggles with a few words of English to say thanks to Irish people for sending aid. But he says his heart is broken and they are very afraid. Mr Karakash is also fighting back tears.
"It is so sad and there are so many millions of people affected by the earthquakes. I talk to them every day, several times a day. I'm doing everything I can to get them help and protection. But it's so bad. It's so bad"
The sheer scale of this humanitarian disaster will continue to require ongoing urgent relief efforts.
The Turkish Ambassador to Ireland says the embassy will continue to take donations in the coming days, as well as setting up an account for financial donations. Mr Mehmet Hakan Olcay said the embassy also has a list of charities on its website.
