Başak Bilecen in Week against Loneliness

“Abandoned and misunderstood. That’s how Afsaneh from Groningen describes her feeling of loneliness. ‘It’s like screaming underwater and no one can hear you.’ The 64-year-old isn’t the only one who sometimes experiences loneliness. Research by the GGD and the CBS shows that one in four residents of Groningen sometimes feels lonely.”

As part of Week against Loneliness, Başak Bilecen was interviewed by the local broadcaster OOG:
One in four residents of Groningen feels lonely at times, and Afsaneh is one of them.