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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

From a soap opera to tragic reality: the struggle to find a home as a vulnerable single mother

Funda Sirinkal
Funda Sirinkal came to Melbourne from Turkey with her son and they struggled before securing housing. Photograph: Christopher Hopkins/The Guardian

As actor Funda Sirinkal beamed on Turkish TV, she was a world away, sleeping rough with her son in a Melbourne park.

She was struggling, unable to find a job or a home for her and her three-year-old in the city of her birth.

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