Did Turkey Deport Syrians?
Turkish authorities deny allegations that 600 Syrians were deported form the Suleiman Shah refugee camp, writes Tulin Daloglu.
“Syria is as important as our domestic affairs,” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Jan. 19. His government put strong emphasis on the moral responsibility that Turkey has in caring for the nearly 200,000 Syrians who fled to Turkey for safety from the atrocities of the Bashar al-Assad regime, but a recent incident at a Syrian refugee camp risks putting Turkey’s good name on the line and has the potential to cause some international repercussions.
On Thursday, March 28, CNNTurk had this headline: “Six Hundred Syrians are deported.” The story then followed: “Tension emerged between Syrians protesting the fire that killed [a 7-year-old Syrian] girl and the security forces. As a followup to this incident, 600 refugees have been deported.”
