Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Istanbul native finds her city transformed by Syrian refugees - The Seattle Globalist

Istanbul native finds her city transformed by Syrian refugees

by Ceren Sehirlioglu - Nov 4, 2015
“No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.”

When she wrote those words poet Warsan Shire could have been describing the people pouring out of Syria.

Over two million (more than half of them under the age of 18) have fled the mouth of the shark that is their war torn home and taken shelter in Turkey.

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