Framing hope
In Turkiye's 'house of photo', the world is seen through the lens of children fleeing wars
China Daily | Updated: 2026-06-29 09:48
Their teacher, 32-year-old Salih, a smiling photographer with curiosity-filled eyes, fled the Kurdish town of Kobane, in northern Syria, when it was torn by the war in 2014.
Thousands of Syrian refugees have settled across the Turkish border in Mardin region during the war that ended with the fall of then Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
His own struggle is a topic Salih wants to avoid and instead insists all the attention should go on the children he's patiently educating.
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