Tülay Gökçimen, who has been working in TV channels for 18 years and decided to help the people in those regions after the documentaries she has shot in the war zones, has been carrying out serious works for the delivery of humanitarian aid to the camps.
Speaking to ILKHA's correspondent, Tülay Gökçimen noted that refugees are struggling to live in tents under difficult conditions, and 15 children died of freezing cold recently.
Expressing that she has been working for TV channels for 18 years, Gökçimen said she has been shooting documentaries in war, conflict and disaster areas in the last 12 years. "In addition, we are trying to make humanitarian aid efforts on the needs of the regions where I have taken the documentary."
"Since 2012, we have been working in Syrian camps, especially in relation to children, since we have taken the "Scream" documentary about the screams of Syrian women. The reason I was interested in refugees was that I witnessed the difficulties they were experiencing. As a human being, as a Muslim, we strive to do something for them, to save them from the life they live in, and to comfort them for a while," she said.
"The world ignores them"
Recalling that people are suffering in different parts of the world, Gökçimen said people who fell in refugee condition suffer seriously. "The refugees in Syrian camps experience different difficulties while the refugees in Arakan camps face other difficulties."
"The common problem of the refugee who fled to the Netherlands, as well as the refugee in Syria, have left their own homes, lands, families, and children in a suitcase and both feel uncomfortable with the war, absence, and occupation."
Saying that these people are already victims and they are even suffering more of what the world does to them. "They try not to be seen by people. The world ignores them. They have perceived as a load on the Earth. People do not even want to share their bus seats."
"I'm trying to be instrumental in the delivery of humanitarian aid by documentaries"
At the beginning of the war in Syria, indicating that the people of Anatolia in Turkiye show mercy to the people, Gökçimen continued her speech as follows:
"I think that the people who make noise [discomfort] for refugees are a few, but they seem very crowded because they speak out loud. As a human being, I try to do something, including people in social media, on my own scale, with my own efforts, because I can't bear to see the problems that the refugees experienced in camps and in big cities, and because I can't bear to see the problems that the children face," she said.
"Of course, these works are not enough, but we are trying to make our own effort like a drop in the ocean. I am trying to be instrumental in the delivery of humanitarian aid to those people in places where I have filmed documentaries by announcing the problems that those people experience."
Expressing that she documented that drama of people in Arakan, in Syria, and Palestine and in Africa, Gökçimen said they are trying to go to Yemen.
"We are working to get people to know by shooting documentaries in conflict zones, and then we are working for the delivery of humanitarian aid to those places," she added.
"We work as a civilian initiative with a voluntary team"
Gökçimen stated that she has a volunteer team that helps her and that this team informs people about the problems in different parts of the world through social media.
"We're not affiliated with any organization. We don't do our documentaries linked to anywhere. We work as a purely civilian initiative. However, we cooperate with different NGOs," she noted.
"A child concern should not be a blanket"
Gökçimen gave information about the troubles experienced in the Syrian camps, said the following statements;
"The camps are really deplorable at the moment, especially the refugees from the eastern Guta in the Idlib countryside. People who live there are in a really inhuman environment. When the rain falls, the tents are filled with water. This is a scandal for humanity."
Underlining that living in tents in winter makes conditions harsh for people who fled war, Gökçimen noted that the tents are too thin to protect people from cold.
"These people have lived under these conditions for 7-8 years. Think of a 7-year-old has never lived at a home. They don't have toilets, clean drinking water. Kids want blankets to warm up, boots to wear on their feet. A child's concern should not be blanket. We are trying to work on this region that has no humanitarian conditions, for basic humanitarian needs such as blankets and winter aid."
At the end of her interview, Gökçimen underscored that people who want to help don't need to be Muslims but must be virtuous and moral.
ILKHA