Ankur Desai
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They have Turkish nationality, so they can come and go.
Can I ask you to tell me your name and how long you've been here in Turkey?
Do you think you will go back to live in Syria?
I'm standing by a stone wall in the shadow of an ancient castle which watches over Gaziantep.
I've come here to meet a 32-year-old Syrian woman, Aya Mustafa.
She fled here with her family from the Syrian city of Aleppo when she was just 18 years old.
Do you think a day will come when you can go back?
I've just come into a small Syrian coffee shop.
Customers are starting to arrive for
Mohamed is working here in the coffee shop.
He's 26 and he's been here since 2014.
Are you planning to go back to Syria, Mohamed?
All along this street there are Syrian businesses selling everything from gold to spices.
Some of those who fled here have managed to make a living but they've always faced a lot of restrictions.
Syrians are not supposed to move from the cities where they are first registered.
They need permission to do that.
It's always been hard to get a work permit.
Officially they are still free to remain here.
But people tell me beneath the surface there is pressure to make them go.
Now to a discovery that transports us back to the reign of King David I of Scotland.