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Almost half the population of Syria has been displaced by the violent conflict between the government, rebels, and ISIS. Nearly 1.6 million Syrians have fled to Turkey, and they rely on support for their basic needs from the government and civilian volunteers, many of them motivated by their Muslim faith. Kimse Yok Mu is one Turkish nongovernmental aid organization that sponsors a refugee feeding program near the Turkish-Syrian border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I put myself into their place. I would be in the same situation. I would be the one who escaped from the war, from this conflict, and they came here and you know Turkish hospitality,” says Savas Metin, general secretary of the Turkish nongovernmental aid organization called Kimse Yok Mu. “They came to our country, and it is our duty to help them.” More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":24844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[396,979,1283,17824,17837,326,2338],"class_list":["post-24819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-food-crisis","tag-humanitarian","tag-humanitarian-aid","tag-isis","tag-refugee","tag-syria","tag-turkey","topics-humanitarian","topics-international","faith-christian","faith-muslim"],"yoast_head":"\nSyrian Refugees in Turkey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hundreds of thousands of Syrian 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