The attack is an example of growing anti-Syrian racism in Turkey, social media users say.
An elderly Syrian woman is recovering in hospital after being kicked in the face by a man in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, in the midst of a rising wave of anti-refugee sentiment in the country.
A video, shared widely in Turkey and Syria over the past few days, shows the woman, Leyla Muhammed, attacked while she sat on a bench.
The attacker, named by police as Sakir Cakir, has been arrested on charges…