43. friendly nation

Today, I write about “friendly nation.”
1890, the Ottoman battleship Ertugrul Firkateyni foundered off the Kii Peninsula and was shipwrecked whilst returning to home from a visit to Japan.
At this time, the survivors, who were washed ashore near the Kashinozaki Lighthouse, scrambled up the cliff several dozen meters high and let the lighthouse know the disaster.
Receiving information from the lighthouse keeper, all the people in Kii-Oshima-mura village(now Kushimoto-cho Town)rescued and cared for the survivors.
As a result, 69 people taken to a temple, a school and the lighthouse in Kashino were rescued alive.

In Japan, the distress of the Ertuğrul was also reported as shocking news, and a great amount of contributions and condolence money was collected via the government.

The survivors were sent back by two corvettes of the Imperial Japanese Navy, ‘Hiei’ and ‘Konogo,’ which had departed from Shinagawa Bay in Tokyo on October 5, arriving in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, on January 2 of the next year, 1891.

The newspaper of Turkey reported the rescue operation by the people of Oshima Village and the dedication of the Japanese government, Turkish people had a good impression on a far foreign country Japan and Japanese people, as they say.

1985, Iran–Iraq War.
Many Japanese were not able to escape from Iran.
All 215 Japanese people were picked up by the Turkish Airlines airplane dispatched in response to the Ambassador’s request and managed to return to Japan via Turkey safely.

Lifesaver said.
Japanese people helped Turkish people 95 years ago.
That is written to the textbook of elementary school.
Therefore, we helped Japanese people.

2011, Japanese stricken area received the support from many people.
That will be written to a textbook.
Thank you.