Photo feature: Why Syrian refugees keep drowning off Turkey

Daily Hürriyet sets out to investigate why refugees, many of them children, keep drowning in the waters of the Aegean on their way to Greece. The answer: They drown because they are 'pushed back,' because they create a 'bloody economy' and because we do not help them enough in an organized way. Aylan's wake-up call

The small body of refugee Aylan Kurdi found on a Turkish beach was a slap in the face of the civilization we have established. The whole world was left stunned. If this is the outcome, we must be doing something wrong. While a dirty sector is making money off this tragedy, there are things we as individual, global citizens can do aside from what governments can.

The EU's 'push back'

The problem stems from inequality in the world. The EU has adopted a "pushback" policy with bigger ships than before, along with weaponry. However, when police precautions are taken regarding immigrants, two problems emerge: The fee for the smugglers increases, which means the market expands and the number of deaths increases. 

Turkey's bloody economy

There is a dark side to this that is not being talked about; namely, that Turkey is gaining "dark revenue" from this. Turkey is like a funnel; one side is wide, with people from countries as diverse as Ghana, Chad and Afghanistan easily entering the country because this expands the economy. Because they are fugitives, they cannot spend normally like other tourists. They are shipped off to Greece for up to 10,000 euros per person. There is a bloody wheel creating a cruel economy.

Though the living place during the journey is a barn, even sleeping is done on shifts due to the lack of space for everyone. Tell that to the kids who just cannot seem to fall...