WE RAN FOR MIGRANTS IN THE ISTANBUL MARATHON

In Turkey, which is the country that hosts the most asylum seekers and foreigners in the World, we as the Directorate General of Migration Management, took part in Fun Run with the slogan of “Run for Migrants” with the group of 120 people with the migrants living in our country with different status, in order to attract attention to the phenomenon of migration, emphasise the diversity of migration and raise awareness. 
 
In the team of Fun Run; Mr. Gökçe OK, Deputy Director General of Migration Management; Mr. İsmail AYDOĞAN, Head of Department; Mrs. Gülbahar Aslan El NASHARTY,Head of Department; Ms.Nagihan ÖNDER, Deputy Head of Department;Mr. Aydın Keskin KADIOĞLU, Head of Department; staff of the DGMM and foreigners coming to our country with various reasons took part. In the marathon where the phenomenon of migration was highlighted with the posters in different languages; colourful images appeared. 
 
MUYU, our cartoon character -which was created with the aim of socializing Turkish children and migrant children- also took part in the Marathon and many photos of MUYU with children were taken.