Shukri had earlier participated in community-based psychosocial support activities organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
“We heard from migrant and local community members that they would be interested in music-based activities, so the ‘Migrant Melodies’ programme was born,” recalls Adnan of IOM’s Psychosocial Mobile Team. In a heartbeat, Shukri recommended his father to Adnan.
The programme gathered eight adult men over twelve sessions, with a music coach teaching them how to play the bağlama, a popular Turkish instrument. “Through this, we…