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Syrian refugees struggle to adapt to an austere life in Turkey

The are though to be around 1.6 million refugees of Syria's civil war in Turkey, as the government has left the borders relatively porous to allow the influx.But inside Turkey the refugees have struggled to survive without money or accommodation and a Turkish public which is often suspicious of their presence.
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