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Football Factory dad of Love Island star in tears over family lost in earthquake

Tamer Hassan has shared his and his daughter Belle Hassan's devastation as their family are lost after the Turkish earthquake.

More than 16,000 have died following the terrifying tremors in southeastern Turkey and Syria on Monday, while many remain missing in the rubble from collapsed buildings.

The first of the twin earthquakes saw a magnitude of 7.8 while the second hit 7.5.

As the rescue mission continues – family members are appealing for help in finding their loved ones.

Actor Tamer, 54, has now joined the public outcry and revealed he has family members who are missing.

Speaking on Sky News this morning Tamer said: "I literally have no words for this. We're all devastated as I explained before we have family that are lost, not found."

Tamer became emotional as he revealed he has missing family members following the earthquake (Sky News)

Tamer revealed he is currently in Cyprus and is raising money and sending supplies over and is planning to travel to Turkey shortly to join the search.

"The biggest distress for me is that there's some areas that have been completely flattened with no help," he added.

Football Factory actor Tamer added: "What we're trying to do is ascertain exactly where the most help is needed."

Tamer is dad to Love Island star Belle Hassan (bellehassan/Instagram)
Tamer said he is 'trying to ascertain where help is needed' (PALACE LEE / SplashNews.com)

Tamer said he is "holding his hands out" for everyone to help "as much as they can" amid the heartbreaking disaster.

In the interview, the actor choked back tears as she said: "We have family missing in these earthquakes, they haven't been found.

"Due to the cold weather we're not hopeful, we're quite worried," he paused to try and fight back his tears as he was advised by journalist Mark Austin to take his time.

Tamer revealed people are travelling to Turkey in a bid to help, while the actor revealed he was "trying to find a route in" to aid search and rescue efforts.

The actor said the country is in need of 'everything' in an effort to try and save those affected (AFP via Getty Images)

He added: "Everything is needed from medicine, water, petrol. I'm hearing horror stories about cranes being parked up there without the man-power, people don't know how to use them."

Actor Tamer, who is Love Island star Belle Hassan's dad, shared fears over people "turning on each other" and added: "We just need help from everywhere."

Tamer's emotional plea comes after Love Island star Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu revealed her family in Turkey are "sleeping outside".

Ekin-Su revealed some of her family members in Turkey were sleeping outside (Sky News)

Ekin-Su, who was born in London to Turkish parents, lived in the country's capital of Istanbul for a number of years.

Speaking to Mark Austin on Sky News, she said: "I have members of my family who have obviously experienced the shake, they've been outside, they've been sleeping outside.

"It's scary because it's people who are very close to me. I've had numerous people on Instagram reach out to me, they've sent me locations of an address, pictures live. They are screaming for help.

"I want to use my platform as much as I can to help anyone out there from Syria and Turkey."

Ekin-Su also explained how she had "always lived on the edge" over fears an earthquake could strike.

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