The Baby in the BagHafza Girdap “The Baby in the Bag” is a compilation of four riveting first-hand accounts of refugees from modern-day Turkey. Their homelands rapidly turned into open-air prisons that persecuted them for crimes that they had not committed. They stood strong in the face of employment termination, harassment, persecution, incarceration, smuggling, and death in order to defy all odds and find freedom in faraway lands. Their narratives sound more like movies than lived experiences, yet they are the stories of thousands of innocent people. The title refers to the book's flagship story of the same name, an intense story of a mother's requirement to hide her newborn in a duffel bag in order to safely escape Turkey. Join our heroes on their journeys as they search desperately for some of life's most important treasures; family, freedom, liberty, and happiness. |
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able accusations airport Alhamdulillah Ankara anymore arrested arrived asked Athens back to Turkey began boat brother called Canada Cancún cold couldn’t coup attempt cried crying decided door escape eventually everything face father father-in-law fear feel felt Fethullah Gülen finally gave Georgia give going goodbye Greece happened happy Hizmet Movement Hopa hope husband inside interrogated Istanbul jail journey July 15 kids knew later lawyer leave lives looked Maritsa River Mexico City mind minutes morning mother needed night panic passed passports plane police officer police station prison problems prosecutor Qur'an Qur’anic Recep Tayyip Erdoğan river scared seek asylum sleep smiled smugglers started stay story taken talk tell terrorist things thought tickets told took tracksuits trip trying Turkish visa waiting walking wanted wife worry Zaman Newspaper