Turkey's Welcome Mat Wears Out

摘要

As warplanes bombed his hometown of Aleppo, Syrian factory owner Amer Hadri stepped on the gas pedal of his silver BMW 5 Series and made for the safety of Turkey. Six years later, Hadri is a respected businessman in his adopted homeland. His company exports production-line machinery for chips and other snacks, as well as packaging machines, to 42 countries around the world, all bearing the label "Made in Turkey." "My children attend Turkish schools, and I am very happy to raise them here in an Islamic country," Hadri says in Gaziantep, the city in southeastern Turkey about 60 miles north of Aleppo where he reestablished his company. "I will never go back to Syria."