In Türkiye, a local recycler wrote on his cart, "I am not Syrian." The hostility is so severe it's affecting even Syrian-looking locals. He stated, "people's attitudes towards me improved after writing this." [A self-reply on 9 July] My apologies for some of the disgusting comments here. I do not accept criticizing Turks for being Turks. I'm opposed to the racist acts against Syrian refugees in Türkiye as a human. I couldn't care less about the country or the race I was born into. We're all human!