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From Refugee to Trader: In the Footsteps of Marco Polo

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This chapter tells the story of Ali Dede, a 50-year-old Syrian refugee who is a former architect and who had to sell his home and business because of the outbreak of war. The circumstances of his flight to Turkey were both acute and anticipatory. Because of his familiarity with the Turkish language and since he had connections in his new country of origin, he has been able to help many of his friends who followed in his footsteps. His business is in the fabric and textile trade.

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    For the 2017 fiscal year, according to the World Bank categorization, low-income economies are defined as those with a GNI per capita of $1025 or less in 2015; lower middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $1026 and $4035; upper middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $4036 and $12,475; high-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of $12,476 or more.

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    Dilek Zamantılı Nayır

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Nayır, D.Z. (2019). From Refugee to Trader: In the Footsteps of Marco Polo. In: Heilbrunn, S., Freiling, J., Harima, A. (eds) Refugee Entrepreneurship. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92534-9_12

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