Our story today takes place in Turkey, by way of China.

But we're going to start here, in a quiet residential district of Istanbul called Zayton Bernou.

The neighborhood is probably one of the more diverse.

I mean, Istanbul is pretty diverse, but Zayton Bernou might be one of the most diverse.

This is reporter Dori Buscaran.

Because it's a neighborhood that a lot of people go to when they first move here.

So you've got a lot of Syrian refugee families.

You've got people who are coming from Southeast Asia or different countries in Africa.

And there is one kind of street or a couple streets that are

predominantly Uyghur families.

Uyghurs are a largely Muslim minority in China and a part of China called Xinjiang, which is

to the far northwest of the country. In Istanbul, the Uyghur community is made up of roughly

between 30 to 50,000 people.

And in this part to Zayton Berno specifically, if you walked along its streets, you'd notice a lot of Uyghur-owned shops.

And so you've got this bookshop and publishing house.

You've got a construction company that's owned by a Uyghur gentleman.

You have a halal butcher where the guy behind the counter speaks Uyghur and also sells traditional vinegars and noodles.

And it's really a community.

I mean, people are able to feel a little bit like they're at home.

Dury, who's based in Istanbul, was working on a story about the Uyghur community locally

when she met this guy, Abdul Ali Ayyip.

I'm Abduwali, and I'm a writer.

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