Turkey: The Heart of Syria’s War & Refugee Crisis Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email A Syrian refugee family from Aleppo, stay under a shelter during a rainy day on March 8, 2014, at Uskudar in Istanbul. More than 136,000 people have been killed in Syria's brutal war since March 2011. ( BULENT KILIC/AFP / Getty ) Produced by Elizabeth Ross Produced by GBH, PRI and WNYC