Syrian refugees sold as 'co-wives' in Turkey

[Piling]

The Syrian war is already the biggest conflict of the 21. century: The 3 year old war has a death toll of 150,000 by 1 April, 2014. According to UNCHR, the number of registered refugees fleeing Syrian war has reached 2.7 million. Torn by war, Syrian people sought refuge in neighbouring countries, like Turkey. The number of asylum seekers registered in Turkey is now 714,552. However, many are still not registered: UN estimates that the total number exceeds 1 million. And only some 220,000 are placed in refugee camps. Syrian refugees in Turkey have neither an identity cards nor rights. According to Turkish laws they have a “guest” status. Even if it sounds nice, most of the “Syrian guests” have huge trouble in finding jobs, sheltering, reaching education and cultural differences. Thousands of Syrian families who sought refuge in the Turkish town Hatay, live outside camps, in bordering villages and rent shacks or barns. This photo was taken in Reyhanli, Hatay. (Photographs and additional reporting by Mine Bekiroglu-Aziz Fidanci)

Even before I travel to Hatay, a southeastern city of Turkey which is next to the Syrian border, I hear terrible stories…
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[Anthea]

I noticed that men are not being sold

War is made by men and suffered by the innocent women and children

As for TURKS making use of the innocent and sometime starving female Syrian refugees - it does not surprise me in the slightest - I have seen the disgusting way they treat women in England

[KabirKuhi]

I noticed that men are not being sold

War is made by men and suffered by the innocent women and children

As for TURKS making use of the innocent and sometime starving female Syrian refugees - it does not surprise me in the slightest - I have seen the disgusting way they treat women in England

Women exploitation is not exclusively a middle-eastern thing. Lots of balkanian women who fleed yugoslavia but didn't make it to western europe, ended up being trafficked or turned to prostitution to support themselves. I'm sure there are similar stories for west europeans in ww1 and ww2. Women being exploitated in war is an ancient old thing.

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