Two weeks into the Syria-Turkey issue reality

I'm Italian. Where i come from it's not so interesting. The Syirian issue i mean. We are more focused in other problems like the shameful cost of supermarket's plastic bags or the harmful Asia Argento's behave concerning the #metoo matter. Sorry for the irony. The point is that we don't know what's going on. At all. We spend our time complaining about refugees and splitting the common sense in pro and contra, without caring about what's deep inside this issue. And in the end, when you face it, well, it's powerful. I spent two weeks in Turkey and i met people, whose avarage age was 25/26, that had gone so deep in this topic to not be able anymore to speak about it without taking it personally. But what happened there? 

Since crisis has broken out in Syria in 2011 thanks to the Islamic State, a large amount of refugees have started to move from Syria to Turkey bringing tensions with them (Turkey moved tanks towards Syrian borders to avoid any passage). In a big mess where Is, rebels, Assad Reign and Kurdish were facing each other, the position of the Turkish Governament has always been against the last two mentioned forces and, after several terrorism attacks, agains Is as well. Without getting deep in Syrian war ( you can do it here), it's enough to say that along with this, for half of the Turkish population is well cleared that President Erdogan is trying to centralize the political power to himself declaring hate for the Kurdish ethnicity with his moves. 

Walking the streets of Izmir and Istanbul seems like a paradox. In my two weeks there, i've known Turkish, Kurdish-Turkish, Syrian people with the desire of seeing their population living in peace. One night, i winded up in a conversation between two youngsters debating about Erdogan role in Syrian issue and their country's duty towards war refugees from an economically point of view. Two opposites points of view with the same desire: helping refugees to lead two country out from this age. We were seated in a small hostel living room chattering loudly and passionately two sides of the same coin. On one hand the desire and need to help people, on the other hand the awarness of living in a country that cannot afford this. All of a sudden from the other side of the room one guy came up: "I'm syrian, i've been listening to you for like one hour so far, for this country there's still hopes". He lately approched us and spent other two hours telling about his journey and desire to go back, eventually. 

Can Turkey afford the Syrian immigration right now? maybe not and they now this. Do Turkish youngsters want to to help in this? Yes but nobody knows this! I'm Italian, i didn't know what's going on. And it's powerful, above all, seeing a 21 years old Turkish and kurdish girl who cannot speaks in english trying the best to explaing to you that is her duty being politically active nowadays.