Last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted a delegation of Syrian journalists from Bosphorus Center for Global Affairs who oppose Syrian President Bashar Assad and extremist organizations. During the five-year Syrian crisis, no world leader has directly addressed and listened to Syrian journalists before. This meeting was a first in this respect.The meeting, which was originally planned to last two hours, went on for three-and-a-half hours since Erdoğan carefully listened to the journalists and took notes about their questions, problems and suggestions. The problems journalists encounter at border gates were particularly touched on with possible ways to achieve a permanent and structural solution to this problem considered. There will be certain developments on the subject in the near future.Founding such a mechanism, which would provide convenience for journalists trying to report news from the field, endangering their lives despite the threats of the Assad regime, Iran, Russia and DAESH, will also make a positive contribution to providing factual information, which is one of the shortcomings of the Syrian opposition's struggle.Spokesmen from some major institutions, including Al Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, and some independent institutions, including Ana Press or Smart News, Hara FM and Temeddün, were present at the meeting. The journalists report from either conflict areas or diplomacy corridors and have different backgrounds, but they unite in the common purpose of building a free Syria and report from bombed out areas, disregarding the danger to their lives. They were all impressed by the meeting.The moment I found most impressive at the meeting was when a Free Syria badge was pinned on Erdoğan's jacket during the photo-op at the end. Just as the flags of two peoples were united on Erdoğan's jacket, he who welcomed the largest number of Syrian refugees to his country among all states, it is necessary to solidify the coexistence of people by accelerating the integration process of Syrians among the Turkish people. As we are now confronted with 2.5 million refugees and this trend is likely to continue for a while, I think focusing on and hosting Syrian journalists who can help build bridges of communication will bring even greater advantages. Increasing such contacts will be useful to a great extent.