ABSTRACT
The town of Gaziantep. Southern Turkey. Summer 2016. Everything shimmering in the heat. The constant noise of traffic, the periodic prayer calls of the muezzin across the town producing a hypnotic effect. Gaziantep, 30 kilometers from the border with Syria, was a buzzing center of activity for the Syrian rebellion, even as it faced the slow contraction of its ambitions and the emergent possibility of defeat.
