Turkey and I

I remember the moment that I decided to come to Turkey. It was the worst moment in my life, Because I had to leave my country and go to another one to study. Besides, I have strange feeling of homesick move every time I leave Syria even if it was temporary. And this feeling becomes worst if I go to a country have a different culture of mine, and that is what I expected to happen in Turkey.

But I discovered later that was wrong. Especially when I remember myself when I crossed the boarders to the Turkish side and looked behind and said " By By Syria we will never meet until next year". I sat in the car and looked to sides of the road which was filled of stones at the first but after a while I saw the trees of pistachio in a field with farmers who were looking after them, For a moment I thought myself in Syria because we have the same view In the north of it and I told myself that maybe there is a similarity between two countries, But my mind said that farmers and fields are similar in everywhere and this is not a proof.

The view of the city of Killis and Gaziantep  supported this point of view, This view made me felt homesick immediately, Beside that, Everything was unfamiliar, The people, The language, The buildings, Even the stars in the sky, A strange one far from homeland, And I stayed for one week in my room without any connection with the outside world.

But as I said in the beginning, My point of view has changed, Because I broke my voluntary isolation and tried to discover the city, And I wondered that there are many things are similar between Aleppo and Gaziantep, Especially the old city, The same old citadel for example, Besides, Turkish people have the same customs and habits we have, Maybe there are some private ones in their culture but this is rarely, This similarity helped me to start my life in this city without feeling homesick again, And I thanks God for this.