FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

Breaking bread - A Turkish female farmer transforms tensions in her village into bread-winning opportunities

24/09/2021

Naile lives in a small Turkish rural town called Yolu, situated in the district of Suruç, Şanlıurfa province, a few kilometres from Syria. From afar, she used to watch her neighbours in Kobani, Syria, through the wire mesh of the border fence. With her neighbours she shared the Kurdish language and a love for the soil. However, when the war hit Kobani, hundreds of Syrian refugee families fled to her small town, resulting in tensions over cultural differences, resources and, of course, employment.