“I’m 23 years old and my greatest accomplishment has been getting on that plane to Amsterdam. Just by being here I feel as if I took a big step forward. I have a one-way-ticket and I don’t really have any plans. I don’t have to be anywhere and that just feels fantastic.”
"As a kid, I spent a lot of time with my grandfather. He had a little sewing workshop but everybody in Istanbul knew him. I was six when he taught me easy sewing techniques on a small piece of fabric. After a while, he taught me how to sew buttons on a blouse. I was...