A photographic journey through the lives of Syrian, Afghan, Iraqi, and Iranian refugees in Türkiye…
On Thursday, November 17, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) launches a photography exhibition in Berlin exploring issues of border, identity, and migration.
Curated by Tuçe Erel, Stories: crossing the border features photographs by artist Ali Saltan and anonymised stories emphasising the common struggles and challenges refugees and asylum-seekers face every day. The exhibition inspires the audience to reflect on the stories of people who were forced to leave their homes and found safety in Türkiye, and the community that welcomed them.
The exhibition will open its doors daily between 14.00-19.00 from November 18 until December 4 at Aquarium, Skalitzer Straße 6, 10999 Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Millions of lives, millions of stories
Türkiye continues to host the world’s largest refugee population, with over 3,7 million Syrian refugees and over 300,000 refugees and asylum seekers from other countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Yemen.
The photography exhibition features individual stories of refugees and asylum seekers in Türkiye, collected between March and July 2022 from humanitarian projects implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in partnership with community-based NGOs in Aksaray, Bursa, Elâzığ, Esenler (Istanbul), Kayseri, Kütahya, Sakarya, and Van.
