Istanbul, Turkey - July 18, 2017
1. IHH rehabilitation clinic exterior
2. Various of three prosthetic patients at clinic, talking
3. Boy walking with crutches
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud, prosthetic patient (no full name given):
"[I will be able to] run and play and play football."
5. Various of prosthetic patient
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ayman, prosthetic patient (no full name given):
"I want to use this limb because people look at you differently when you have something missing, but now they won't notice."
7. Patients, doctors
8. Various of Ayman having his arm marked, scanned
9. Various of doctor checking scanned images on computer
10. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Dr. Yaşar Tatar, free prosthesis project coordinator (starting with shots 8-9):
"Look, my colleague is giving it shape. We apply our knowledge of the prosthesis, like shrinking it, enlarging it, adding additional material. After it's complete, you press the print button. Within 2-6 hours the printer gives the prosthesis that you want."
11. Doctor preparing for 3D print
12. 3D printer at work
13. Doctor helping install prosthesis for patient
14. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Dr. Yaşar Tatar, free prosthesis project coordinator (starting with shot 13)(partially overlaid with shots 15-16)(ending with shot 17):
"It was possible to make prosthesis by conventional methods but numbers grew too high. There was also the disadvantage of mobilizing and applying the prosthetic to large numbers of people here in the center. Especially in the war zone, in the camps, it is not possible for people to get out all the time. So we decided to use the 3D printer. Our staff there collects the data by scanning the patients then they send it to our center. Our engineer colleagues prepare the prosthesis and send it to the camps or border."

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FILE: Erbil, Iraq - November 2016
15. Various of victims mutilated by war

Istanbul, Turkey - July 18, 2017
16. 3D printer at work
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17. Various of Prosthesis produced by 3D printer
18. Patient getting familiar with his prosthesis
19. Various of two patients holding their "hands"

Turkey's first High-Tech Orthotic Prosthetic Centers have opened in Istanbul and two southern Turkish provinces to help Syrian war victims left permanently disabled by the bombings with 3D printer technology.

This new project run by Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation and the International Doctors' Association, aims to provide 1,000 patients with prosthetic limbs within two years by using cutting edge 3D printer technology.

More than 22 percent of Syrian refugees are reported to be disabled, higher than the 18-20 percent estimated for most other conflict areas. Mahmoud, Muhammad and Ayman are only three of them.

Six-year-old Mahmoud lost his right leg in an air strike on his village, but soon he will be able to walk without crutches again.

"[I will be able to] run and play and play football," said Mahmoud.

Thirty two-year-old Ayman from Aleppo used to be a pastry chef. He lost his arm and part of his hand in an air strike and still has shrapnel lodged in his face.

"I want to use this limb because people look at you differently when you have something missing, but now they won't notice," said Ayman.

Ayman was fitted for a new prosthetic arm on Tuesday, the day he has been waiting for a long time.

His arm was scanned. A computer program then created a 3D image of his limb and the prosthetic needed.

"My colleague is giving it shape. We apply our knowledge of the prosthesis, like shrinking it, enlarging it, adding additional material. After it's complete, you press the print button. Within 2-6 hours the printer gives the prosthesis that you want," said Dr. Yaşar Tatar, the project coordinator.

While this facility still uses the conventional way of producing new body parts, they also apply the cutting edge technology of 3D printers, which removes costs and speeds up the production time considerably.

In most cases, patients can have their new limb within hours - for free, and they do not even have to come to the clinic themselves.

"It was possible to make prosthesis by conventional methods but numbers grew too high. There was also the disadvantage of mobilizing and applying the prosthetic to large numbers of people here in the center. Especially in the war zone, in the camps, it is not possible for people to get out all the time. So we decided to use the 3D printer. Our staff there collects the data by scanning the patients then they send it to our center. Our engineer colleagues prepare the prosthesis and send it to the camps or border," said Tatar.

The project, owned by IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation is well coordinated by the International Doctors' Association and funded by the Kuwait Zakat House.

In addition to Istanbul, IHH has opened up rehabilitation clinics in Sanliurfa and Reyhanli. They are not the first to offer free prosthesis to injured Syrians, but doctors say the continual violence in Syria is fueling this growing demand.

While their focus is to meet the requirements of Syrian war victims, those who have been disabled outside of war and do not have the ability to pay for the procedure will also get free prosthetic limbs and a new chance at life.