Video Of The Week - Why An Entire Turkish Neighborhood Secretly Learned Sign Language

Meera Dolasia
2015-04-27T11:08:37-07:00

The day began like any other. Muharrem, a hearing-impaired young man and his sister, who reside in Istanbul's Bağcılar neighborhood, headed out to complete some chores. Along the way, Muharrem noticed a strange phenomenon. Everyone, from the pedestrian that accidently bumped into him, to the person who sold him bagels, to even the taxi driver, communicated with him using sign language.