Life goes on the Syrian path in Istanbul's 'Damascus Market'

Syrians escaping the war in their nation have discovered another home in the core of Turkey's greatest city.
Istanbul, Turkey - With shop signs in Arabic, Syrian nourishment served in eateries and chic abayas and Arabic scents accessible in shops, Malta Market Street helps more to remember Damascus to its inhabitants than Istanbul.

The moderate Fatih area in Turkey's biggest city has been home to Syrian displaced people since the beginning of the war in neighboring Syria.

Named the Syrian or Damascus Bazaar, the territory in and around Malta Market Street in Fatih is home to a large number of eateries offering a wide range of Syrian treats.

Syrian-possessed sweet shops, cafés and pastry shops additionally speck the area's boulevards, where Arabic is the principle dialect of correspondence.

Remaining outside the cell phone shop he works for, Omar Rassam says he cleared out Syria six years back, directly after the battling began.

In the wake of leaving the place where he grew up of Damascus, Rassam said he put in two years in Lebanon before coming to Turkey.