Počasni konzul Turske u Makedoniji Omer Sulejman ističe da su makedonska vlada, pojedinačni građani i turska zajednica u zemlji postupili posebno velikodušno tokom zadnjeg razornog zemljotresa u Izmitu u blizini Istambula 1999. godine, u kom je poginulo 20.000 ljudi.
Turkish Honourary Consul in Macedonia Omer Sulejman points out that the Macedonian government, individual citizens, and the country's Turkish community acted particularly generously during the last devastating earthquake in Izmit near Istanbul in 1999, in which 20,000 people died.