How a small Turkish city successfully absorbed half a million migrants

Gaziantep has grown by 30% due to newcomers fleeing the crisis across the border in Syria, but remains a model of tolerance and pragmatismImagine you live in a medium-sized city such as Birmingham or Milan. Now imagine that overnight the population increases by about 30%. The new people are mostly destitute, hungry and with nowhere to stay. They don’t even speak the language.Then imagine that instead of driving them away, you make them welcome and accommodate them as best you can. Continue