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Monday, May 07, 2012

Kurdish Female Migrants Meet Isolation in Istanbul | Womens eNews

Kurdish Female Migrants Meet Isolation in Istanbul

By Jennifer Hattam

Monday, May 7, 2012

Life isn't easy for the female migrants continually flowing into Istanbul from Turkey's Kurdish region. Those who are illiterate or unable to speak Turkish can face particularly intense isolation from basic services.

ISTANBUL, Turkey (WOMENSENEWS)--Sosin and her family moved from rural Turkey to Istanbul, the country's largest city, and for four years she did not leave the house, not even to buy food for her children.

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