HATAY
Syrian citizens, being away from their native land, in Turkey welcomed Ramadan with a heavy heart.
Syrians, wishing peace settlement in their country, were praying to return to Syria.
"We pray for ending the pain and tear in holy Ramadan month" said one of them while the Syrian civil war is escalating.
Berdi Hasan, another Syrian citizen, who had arrived in Turkey two years ago, said "We pray for our country every day. Our biggest prayer is the end of the war and achievement of peace in Syria."
Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis and so far in 2013, the number of Syrians who fled the violence in their country and crossed in Turkey reached 500,000.
According to the officials of the United Nations, in 21 Turkish sites, there are 200,000 Syrians take accommodations and moreover, there are more than officially registered 200,000 others who live in cities.
