As Turkey's political divisions deepen, Syrian refugees in Istanbul worry about being caught in the middle
The night of last year’s attempted coup in Turkey, Alaa Khaldi considered packing his bags.
The 31-year-old Syrian refugee from Damascus, who fled to Turkey in 2015, was worried that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would fall. Erdogan’s Islamist government has opened Turkey’s doors to more than 3 million Syrians fleeing the civil war in their country, and Khaldi thought a new government might roll up the welcome mat.
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