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British gangster movie star Tamer Hassan today revealed he is heading to Turkey to pull victims of the devastating earthquakes from the rubble as other famous names with Turkish heritage begged the world to help with the crisis. 

Mr Hassan fought back tears as he revealed members of his own family are lost in the natural disaster that has claimed 17,100 lives in Turkey and Syria so far.

The London-born Turkish-Cypriot, a close friend of Danny Dyer and Ray Winstone whose daughter Belle is a Love Island star, is now leading a campaign to raise £100,000 to help with the humanitarian crisis. He is already filling lorries with aid and will be following the convoy to the crisis-hit region.

He told Instagram followers in a post shared by fellow stars: 'I’m going to put my hands under the rocks and try to pull the people out. I'm calling the whole world to help. Send what you can. They need everything. They need us badly. They have nothing'. He has set up a GoFundMe page, adding: 'I'll let you know where your money is being spent. We're spending our own money. We're going out there to do everything they can'.

It came as Turkish communities and businesses in the UK donated goods, services and money to help with the relief effort. Famous names including Ayda Field, the American-Turkish wife of Robbie Williams, took to social media to try to raise cash for UNICEF.

She said: 'My father’s homeland…Devastated to hear about the horrendous earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. My heart is so heavy. My prayers are with all of those affected by this tragedy'.

Many thousands of British-Turks and Syrians are also fundraising, including many London restaurants who are donating their profits over the coming days. Mr Hassan's fundraising posts have been shared by Omid Djalili, Conor Benn and Dani Dyer - the daughter of his old friend Danny Dyer.

Tamer Hassan, 54, tried not to cry as he told Sky News last night: 'We have family missing. Due to the cold weather, we're not hopeful... we're quite worried. I have no words. We're all devastated. We have family that are lost. I'll be heading to Turkey, we're trying to find a route in to the worst affected areas'.

Mr Hassan was born in New Cross, south-east London, but considers Turkey to be his 'mother country'. He is using his profile trying to raise money online 'to help those in need' and will be travelling to the crisis-hit region from Cyprus, where he is currently staying.

The boxer turned actor hit the big time in his thirties when he starred in The Football Factory with Mr Dyer, then Layer Cake with Daniel Craig and also appeared in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins. His TV work includes NCIS and Game of Thrones.

Among those displaced by the tragedy are relatives of Love Island winner Ekin-Su Culculoglu, whose extended family has been forced to sleep outside after their homes were damaged or destroyed. 

While Manchester City star Ilkay Gündogan has donated two truckloads of bread to the areas most affected by the disaster in Turkey, where his parents and other relatives are from.

More than 23million people have suffered because of the 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes this week. The death toll has hit 17,100 but thousands more are missing. 10.9 million people have been affected by the catastrophe in Syria and 13.5 million people in Turkey, according to the UN and Turkish officials. 

With many people still trapped in the rubble in subfreezing temperatures, families have been appealing for help in locating their loved ones, including many famous Britons from the Turkish communities in the UK, the majority of whom live in London.

Tamer, who is the father of Love Island star Belle Hasaan, was speaking from Cyprus, where he has been raising money and gathering supplies to take to Turkey. 

He said: 'There are some areas there that have been completely flattened with no help. We're holding our hands out for people to help as much as they can.'

Tamer then hit out at the Turkish government's response to the crisis as he continued: 'My biggest fear is that people will start turning on each other. 

'The government aren't doing enough. They need to step up and do a lot more for us and unite as one so we can all help as much as we can. We just need help from all over the world and we need to unite as a family.

'It's devastating for all of us. We're all broken and trying to do the best that we can. We need the government to send the army in and stand up for their people

'This humanitarian disaster is like nothing we've ever seen and I hope we never see it again in our lifetime. My heart goes out to everyone else who's lost someone.' 

Ekin-Su Culculoglu has revealed that some of her extended family have been forced to sleep outside after a devastating earthquake hit parts

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