Assaults on Syrians in Turkey are increasing

Turkey receives many Syrian refugees. The government has always emphasized Turkish hospitality for the Muslim brothers. But more and more aid organizations complain about attacks against migrants. They report a pogrom-like mood against Syrians in some major cities.

Today he lives in the anonymity of the big city Istanbul. But the escape from civil war here was a hell of a trip for the young Syrian, who wants to be called Mahmut. Turkey has meanwhile secured the largest part of the border with a high wall. Nevertheless, Mahmut made it to the other side and was then deported and threatened by other Turkish refugees together with other refugees:

"One of the soldiers held his rifle to my temple and asked me to say my last prayer, then went to the others and said the same thing, we cried, one panicked and screamed for forgiveness, and ten minutes later the s