NATO praises Turkey's hospitality to war victims

<p>By Hatice Ozdemir Tosun</p> <p>ANTALYA, Turkey (AA) – A top NATO leader on Sunday praised Turkey’s hospitality in taking in and protecting war victims and Syrian refugees.</p> <p>&quot;The level of hospitality Turkey demonstrated to refugees, that is a huge lesson in humanity,&quot; Madeleine Moon, president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA), said on the last day of a NATO meeting in Antalya on the Turkish Mediterranean. </p> <p>Turkey currently hosts almost 4 million registered refugees — including nearly 3.6 million Syrians, more than any other country in the world.</p> <p>Moon, in her closing speech at the meeting, also thanked Osman Askin Bak, an MP from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, for organizing a soccer match between Syrian refugee children and NATO PA members on Saturday.</p> <p>&quot;This was a most amazing evening organised by @OA_Bak so much fun for everyone your generosity towards the children was outstanding #NATOPA #Syrian #refugechildren #sportunitesus #semantalya,&quot; Moon wrote on Twitter.</p> <p>* Writing by Vakkas Dogantekin</p> <p>