A. My name is Khaled Faour , I am 20 years old and im from Aleppo city, Syria.
Q. Why do you live in Istanbul ? And if your from Syria, How did you travel to Istanbul, was it difficult to get into Turkey and leave Syria ?
A. I left Syria because I have to do the military service because I'm 20 years and I would of had to join and fight next to the Assad forces. I don't want to be part of The war at all. It wasn't difficult to travel to Istanbul at the time I left, things were a lot easier back then, so there were not too many check points. I live in Istanbul because I dont have the choice to go anywhere else. I am Syrian, no other country will accept me.
Q. what do you think of Istanbul ? What do you want to do in Istanbul ?
A. I like Istanbul but I don't like the Turkish people, there life here is so hard they ask me to work over 12 hours a day or more sometimes. I don't think I will continue my life here because I don't think there's future for me here. I would really love to continue my education and here I can't work and be in school at the same time, its just impossible.
I'm waiting any chance to go to any country that give me money to live and continue my education and save my rights like human
A. I witnessed alot of terrible things. Like explosions every day, Dead people in the street, people being killed constantly. Buildings falling down around me in the streets because of Assad's bombs.
Some of my friends died. One of my friends went to the Mosque to pray. He never returned home. His parents looked for him for days and eventually they found his body, barely recognizable, in the street among other bodies.
Q What was Syria like before the war? What was your life like ? Your childhood like ? What was your family home like?
A.Syria was so beautiful it's my love , but from the inside it was so bad because the Assad and the government
The political situation was so bad ,but we lived a beautiful life in a beautiful country. The people were so friendly and so welcoming.
My home was so lovely , my family was not rich and not poor we was in the middle.
My childhood was like any normal little boys life, I played outside with my friends, I watched cartoons on tv, I went to school and I played video games. I had a very normal happy childhood.
Q. How did you find the ‘help the syrians page in istanbul’ and what did you think of two women, Anastasia and Rachel, coming from england to help ?
Well,my opinion on you and your page, I'm so thankful. I have been following your page from the start and its really impressive. You're doing such a humanly thing and I want to tell you thanks from the bottom of my heart.
When I liked your page I thought it was a page of Syrian people, then I was shocked because you're from England and I've seen you're so interested about the Syrians and your so keen to help us and do as much as you can, even though your English, and this has nothing to do with you.
I've seen that Anastasia is doing her best and she's a really great lady because she makes alot of people aware and know what the Syrian are going through right now.
She's trying so hard to get some money and give it to the poor people.
If I want to describe Anastasia I will say she's one in million.
Q. What has been your saddest and happiest moment since leaving Syria and moving to Istanbul?
A. This week I was a little bit upset. It snowed in Aleppo which is very rare. All my friends and family were so happy, they were able to forget about the war for a moment and enjoy the snow. I was so sad because I was not able to enjoy that special moment with them while they played in the snow.
Q Whats your hopes and dreams for the future, for yourself, and for Syria ?
My dreams for the future is that Syria gets better and the war ends and we go back there and build it with our hands and make it better because what happened and the war will be a lesson for us so we know the fault of Syria
My dream for my self is I can someday continue my education maybe and build my future. I want to be an architect.
A.In Turkey we, as Syrians, receive some racism.
Some times people get annoyed when the know I'm syrian I don't know why.
Some people said the Syrians are every where. Its not our fault we are every where. We have no where else to go.
Some people when they see me working the get annoyed too maybe the think we are taking there' jobs.
I want to say I wish the best for Syria and the best for Anastasia and when ever she needs any thing she will find all the Syrians next to her, willing to help her, as she has helped us so much. Thank you, Anastasia.
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