"As a girl from Istanbul, I found Sydney more familiar to me than Melbourne"

Turkish immigrants began to arrive in Australia once a bilateral agreement was signed between Turkey and Australia in 1967. Even before that, in 1966, a young Turkish couple has arrived in Melbourne. Sevil Ören Konakçı, who has come with her husband Hasan Erdoğan Konakçı, tells her first impression of Australia as a new migrant.

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