This is the first message I got from Parvin:
“I am Parvin, and I want to describe my situation. My situation is so complicated in Turkey. I started to try and reach Greece 70 days ago. I tried to enter Greece from the land border in Edirne twice and the greek soldiers deported me to Turkey again. The greek army broke my nose, all of my body was purple and blue. They broke my cell phone. One month ago I tried again from Bodrum, to cross by boat. I was arrested by Turkish police and they sent us to Mola detention center, then to Malatya, then to Gaziantep. After one month, they released us from Gaziantep and took us to the forest in Bodrum. They dropped us in the forest in the night from the 7th or 8th of April and told us we were free and could try again to cross into Greece. The Turkish officer told us: “don't speak about this with anybody, just go to Greece, and leave our country.” We came to the city center of Bodrum from the forest, now I am staying in Bodrum. A friend of my friend allowed me to stay with her for two days. After that, I don’t know where I can stay.
I know about the Turkish NGOs like ASAM and Red Crescent but I don't trust them, they have never helped us. So I don't trust these offices. I know them, they can't do anything for us and they don't want to.
I have been a refugee for 3 years. 3 years ago, UNHCR accepted my case and my files as a refugee, but the Turkish government rejected me, they wanted to deport me to Iran.
I have to go to Greece, because I can not stay here.
I don't have any money, I don’t have my own cell phone, I can only use the phone from my friend. I need help.
My situation is so complicated. I tried to tell you the details of my problem. Thank you for understanding what I have been through during the last 70 days. “
After I told her I would contact local grassroot initiatives in Bodrum and find out how we could help she wrote:
“Thank you. I wait with hope for positive news. Hope is the only thing I have left in these times, I’ve been left for 75 days. I have this power since I washed my mother’s dead body after she was killed. I promised her and myself, I would never give up in my life. I keep hoping one day I will live with peace and freedom. That day will come. “
The local initiative we contacted reached out to her and provided her with food, clothes and a place to stay for the next couple of days.
Parvin wrote once more: “Really I am thankful, and now I will sleep tonight without fear and nervousness, after 75 awful days and nights.”
This is the first message I got from Parvin:
“I am Parvin, and I want to describe my situation. My situation is so complicated in Turkey. I started to try and reach Greece 70 days ago. I tried to enter Greece from the land border in Edirne twice and the greek soldiers deported me to Turkey again. The greek army broke my nose, all of my body was purple and blue. They broke my cell phone. One month ago I tried again from Bodrum, to cross by boat. I was arrested by Turkish police and they sent us to Mola detention center, then to Malatya, then to Gaziantep. After one month, they released us from Gaziantep and took us to the forest in Bodrum. They dropped us in the forest in the night from the 7th or 8th of April and told us we were free and could try again to cross into Greece. The Turkish officer told us: “don't speak about this with anybody, just go to Greece, and leave our country.” We came to the city center of Bodrum from the forest, now I am staying in Bodrum. A friend of my friend allowed me to stay with her for two days. After that, I don’t know where I can stay.
I know about the Turkish NGOs like ASAM and Red Crescent but I don't trust them, they have never helped us. So I don't trust these offices. I know them, they can't do anything for us and they don't want to.
I have been a refugee for 3 years. 3 years ago, UNHCR accepted my case and my files as a refugee, but the Turkish government rejected me, they wanted to deport me to Iran.
I have to go to Greece, because I can not stay here.
I don't have any money, I don’t have my own cell phone, I can only use the phone from my friend. I need help.
My situation is so complicated. I tried to tell you the details of my problem. Thank you for understanding what I have been through during the last 70 days. “
After I told her I would contact local grassroot initiatives in Bodrum and find out how we could help she wrote:
“Thank you. I wait with hope for positive news. Hope is the only thing I have left in these times, I’ve been left for 75 days. I have this power since I washed my mother’s dead body after she was killed. I promised her and myself, I would never give up in my life. I keep hoping one day I will live with peace and freedom. That day will come. “
The local initiative we contacted reached out to her and provided her with food, clothes and a place to stay for the next couple of days.
Parvin wrote once more: “Really I am thankful, and now I will sleep tonight without fear and nervousness, after 75 awful days and nights.”
