Turkey, six weeks later.

Well time has passed since I was there, it is difficult to find too much on the news about Turkey. I was delighted to see their elections were clearly free and fair. This was what a lot of Turks feared would not be the case. The outcome means the constitution remains as is. This is good for Turkey from what I can see.
Turkey is a country that should be admired, the people are not wealthy, they have many hostile neighbours,  and yet they still manage to accommodate 1.7 million refugee Syrians.  This is huge for a country of around 78 million, I think close to 2% of their population.  I believe this shows the hospitable nature of the Turkish people. I would think the refugees are way better treated in Turkey than the ones in Lebanon who are herded into camps under appalling conditions. Turkey has taken far more Syrian refugees than anywhere else, how would we cope if we took on 90,000 refugees? I think NZ would really struggle to assimilate that many people, both economically and culturally. Or imagine the US with its 200m people , that would be like them taking in 4m people.  The great thing about theses refugees going into Turkey is that culturally I think Turkey would be very close to Syria (before Assad and ISIS) and probably where the refugees would feel most comfortable apart from the harsh economic conditions no social welfare there! I think they are ordinary people who are trying to get on with their lives.

There Are a lot of media in N Z saying we should be taking more refugees here. Notice a lot of the people are from Islamic countries,  leaving many wanting to help from a humanitarian point of view,  but fearful that allowing refugees from Syria,  Afghanistan, and the likes of Somalia would be risking importing radical cells into their country. Some of the Somali people who have come here have been appearing in our judicial system, not ideal.
Wouldn't it be better to support genuine refugees from war torn countries in similarly cultural counties rather than transplanting them to other places?
 I do know the Turks show wonderful hospitality, and wonder if they shouldn't be supported taking on all these extra people in need.
It is also great to think that a stable Turkey will be around for the likes of NZ's to visit for some time to come.
I definitely would like to see Ephesus,  Canakkele and Cappadocia again as well as their Mediterranean coast,  and I am sure many other wonderful places. There is way more to Turkey than just Istanbul.