Forging bonds: Syrian refugees find more than new livelihoods in Turkey

Food cooperatives offer income, dignity and friendships for Syrians fleeing conflict.

When Tuka arrived in the Turkish port of Izmir, seeking temporary protection after fleeing the conflict in Syria in 2017, it felt as though she had found a safe haven, but lost almost everything else. The violence had claimed several of her loved ones. The tailoring workshop she had painstakingly built up in her home city of Aleppo was no longer.