Syrian refugees in Turkish camp turn to textiles as new career path
231 views · Published 11 February 2017 · 3:49 · Indexed 26 October 2026
Channel: Rudaw English · 2017 · People & Blogs
GAZIANTEP, Turkey - A handcraft and textile workshop for Syrian refugee women is opened in Turkey's Gaziantep city. Rim Mohammed, a Syrian refugee who fled war and violence in Aleppo in 2014 and has been living in Gaziantep for three years wants to forget the influence of war through handcrafting. She has been doing this job since last year. “I have been living in Turkey for four years. I wanted to learn a new craft. I loved weaving. I learned and love it a lot. We are working with our teachers as one family. There is no difference between Turks and Syrians here. We work as one group,” said Mohammed. Hundreds of Syrian refugees register their names to begin a career from here Another Syrian refugee who has just two days started the job said “I have come to turkey since 2015. I heard my friends were doing handcrafting here. I have just begun. Everything goes well and I love this new career. I hope more such workshops to be opened. “
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