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Cautious relief among Syrian refugees in Turkey after Erdoğan’s victory

By Alicia Medina|2023-05-30T17:44:14+02:00May 29, 2023|

After opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu vowed to deport all Syrian refugees from Turkey, Erdoğan’s win in Sunday elections brought Syrian refugees a partial sense of safety—tarnished by spiking anti-refugee sentiment in Turkey and the continued threat of deportation.

Between Erdoğan and Kılıçdaroğlu: What will their Syria policy look like?

By Alicia Medina|2023-05-17T15:17:23+02:00May 16, 2023|

Erdoğan and Kılıçdaroğlu will vie for the Turkish presidency in a runoff election on May 28th. Were Kılıçdaroğlu to win, Ankara’s policy on Syrian refugee return, normalization with Bashar al-Assad and Turkey’s policy in northern Syria could undergo major shifts.