NYT WORLD: Moscow on the Med: A Faraway War Transforms a Turkish Resort Town
By Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: December 29, 2022 at 02:00AM
So many Russians had moved to Antalya, a resort city in southern Turkey, that local families were being priced out of their homes. Russian co-working spaces, hair salons and other businesses were using signs in Russian to advertise their services.
And Russians clearly outnumbered Turks in the park where the ice cream vendor worked — pushing their children on the playground swings, doing video conferences with faraway places from the park benches and, thankfully, buying lots of ice cream.
“It is as if one morning we woke up and we no longer heard any Turkish words. It’s all Russian,” said the vendor, Kaan Devran Ozturk, 23. “Turks feel like strangers in their own country.”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent huge numbers of people fleeing from both countries, and tens of thousands of them have ended up in this historic city on the so-called Turkish Riviera, where they are settling in as the conflict rages back home.
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By Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: December 29, 2022 at 02:00AM
Tens of thousands of Russians and Ukrainians have settled in Antalya, on Turkey’s southern coast, hoping to avoid the fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine and start new lives.
ANTALYA, Turkey — The ice cream man grappled with how much the war in Ukraine had changed his neighborhood.So many Russians had moved to Antalya, a resort city in southern Turkey, that local families were being priced out of their homes. Russian co-working spaces, hair salons and other businesses were using signs in Russian to advertise their services.
And Russians clearly outnumbered Turks in the park where the ice cream vendor worked — pushing their children on the playground swings, doing video conferences with faraway places from the park benches and, thankfully, buying lots of ice cream.
“It is as if one morning we woke up and we no longer heard any Turkish words. It’s all Russian,” said the vendor, Kaan Devran Ozturk, 23. “Turks feel like strangers in their own country.”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent huge numbers of people fleeing from both countries, and tens of thousands of them have ended up in this historic city on the so-called Turkish Riviera, where they are settling in as the conflict rages back home.
Read More at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/world/europe/antalya-russia-emigres-war.html
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