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Turkey earthquake: Ankara may call for relocation of Syrian refugees from disaster zone – Levent Kemal / MIDDLE EAST EYE

"Turkish government to recommend Syrian refugees relocate to other cities but won't pay for their evacuation" reports Levent Kemal in the Middle East Eye...

Sur quoi repose le récent « rapprochement turco-syrien »?France Culture a interrogé Yohannan Benhaïm, doctorant en Science Politique à Paris 1

Turquie, Syrie : comment comprendre le rapprochement entre les gouvernements ? France Culture a interrogé le 3 janvier 2023 Yohannan Benhaïm, doctorant en...

Turkish-Syrian normalization continues as top diplomats meet – Al-Monitor/Nazlan Ertan

"Turkey's foreign minister says Ankara wants to cooperate with the Syrian regime but will not let that get in the way of its fight...

Half a million Syrians return from Turkey, but were they forced? – Al-Monitor/Mohammed Hardan

"Some 560,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey have returned to their country as part of deportation projects, many fleeing the harassment they were facing in...

Syrian refugees in Turkey turn into a political pawn – Deutsche Welle

"Syrian refugees in Turkey are worried about Erdogan's plans to relocate up to 1 million of them to "safe areas" inside Syria. Damascus is...

Turkey’s potential xenophobia goes beyond Syrian refugees – Mustafa Sonmez/Al-Monitor

"Growing popular resentment of refugees and migrants is on course to become the second hot-button election topic in Turkey after the economic crisis, but...

Erdogan’s plan for return of Syrian refugees unlikely to succeed – Fehim Taştekin/Al-Monitor

"Erdogan’s new plan to encourage the voluntary return of Syrian refugees promises little success as long as fighting, militia violations and insecurity continue in...

Syrian musician Omar Souleyman held on terrorism charges in Turkey – Guardian

“Arrest relates to alleged membership of Kurdistan Workers’ party, which is proscribed by Turkey and the west” says Bethan Mckernan in Guardian. The Syrian musician Omar...

As anti-refugee sentiment rises in Turkey, multicultural town of Kilis grows through integration – New York Times

"As calls increase in Turkey for Syrian refugees to go home, Kilis, a border town transformed by the newcomers’ energy, has embraced the change."...

Against Whom Is Ankara Waging War in Syria: The Kurds or The Kurdish Workers’ Party?

Carnegie Europe, May 13, 2021, JIWAN SOZ.   As Turkey continues to take a hardline stance on the Kurds’ legal rights, international organizations and actors should...

Cengiz Aktar: « Turkey facts for terrified Western non-decision makers »

Cengiz Aktar, Ahval, March 27, 2021, image: Borislav Bajkic / Shutterstock During the siege of Constantinople in 1453, the Orthodox Byzantines were debating the sex of...

Conclusion of European Council: ‘Rule of law, human rights in Turkey remain a key concern for EU’

Bianet, March 26, 2021 Following the video conference on March 25, 2021, the members of the European Council have adopted a statement calling on Turkey...

Fehim Taştekin: What lies behind Erdogan’s Syria offer to the West?

Al-Monitor, March 18 2021, Fehim Taştekin image: Mauricio Lima/ New York Times The Turkish president’s appeal to the West to back Turkey in Syria and make...

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