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Interior Ministry: Turkey hosts 5.5 million foreigners, 'not all of them refugees'
"Not every dark-skinned person is a refugee," the deputy minister has warned, noting that some four and a half million tourist from the Middle East and North Africa visited Turkey last year.
9 May 2022
Double Standards: Media coverage of Ukrainian refugee crisis
Whenever I think about the response of Western media against non-European displaced people, I remember the Hungarian camerawoman, Petra Laszlo, who kicked a Syrian father who was holding his child at the Serbian border in 2015. This kick reflects the double standard of mass media coverage against non-European displaced people.
5 May 2022
Cevdet Acu
Criminal complaint against two politicians, one physician for targeting refugees
Vice Minister of Interior Çataklı has announced that the Immigration Authority of Turkey will file a criminal complaint against Victory Party Chair Özdağ, Sinan Oğan and Prof. Bengi Başer over their remarks marking the Syrian refugees as targets.
4 May 2022
Erdoğan says Turkey prepares 'a new project for voluntary return of 1 million Syrians’
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of new houses built in Syria’s Idlib, President and AKP Chair Erdoğan said that “since 2016, around 500,000 Syrians have returned to safe zones in northern Syria.”
3 May 2022
WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Erdoğan once again changes tune on refugees
Anti-refugee sentiment is growing in Turkey amid the economic crisis • New military offensive into Iraq's Kurdistan Region • Gezi Trial is coming to an end • MP threatened with legal action after bill for genocide recognition
24 April 2022
Volga Kuşçuoğlu
Refugee women, children 'afraid to go out' amid increasing anti-refugee rhetoric on social media
We have spoken with rights advocates and refugees about growing anti-refugee sentiments.
19 April 2022
Melin Durmaz
İZMİR BAR ASSOCIATION
Turkey | “Refugees from Afghanistan handed over to Taliban by force’
The İzmir Bar Association has found that nearly 100 refugees from Afghanistan were forced to sign voluntary return papers and their deportation process has been started. The Bar has filed a complaint about the ones responsible for the violations.
19 April 2022
Prosecutors dismiss investigation into refugee's killing near Turkey-Syria border
Ridwan Îd Numan El Ehmed was killed while crossing into Turkey from Syria in November 2021.
18 April 2022
Over 100 refugees from Afghanistan detained near Turkey's border with Iran
Two people have been remanded in custody, according to the governor's office.
18 April 2022
Four killed, 25 injured after refugee van crashes in eastern Turkey
The injured have been reportedly admitted to the hospitals in nearby districts.
11 April 2022
HRW: Greece uses 'refugee auxiliaries' in pushbacks to Turkey
Refugees interviewed by HRW say the boats taking them back to Turkey were piloted by men speaking Arabic or Southeast Asian languages.
7 April 2022
UNHCR TURKEY
Over 68 thousand people have fled to Turkey from Ukraine
Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war on February 24, more than 68 thousand people have fled to Turkey, according to an official from the UNHCR Turkey.
7 April 2022
Minister: Turkey hosts over 58,000 refugees from Ukraine
More than 6.5 million people have been displaced in Ukraine while about 3.5 million have sought refuge abroad amid Russia's invasion of the country, according to UN.
23 March 2022
Teacher in southern Turkey hosts 10 refugees from Ukraine at his home
Following the opening of a humanitarian corridor, Mehmet Elibal, a retired teacher, arrived in Adana with 10 people, including six children, after a five-day journey.
17 March 2022
Poland’s President Duda, Erdoğan meet amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Speaking at the joint press conference, Duda said, “Nearly 100,000 people cross the border every day. We can talk about a refugee crisis in Poland”. Leaders promised to support one another at NATO and increase the bilateral trade to 10 billion USD.
17 March 2022
'My parents left everything they had in Ukraine'
Nadiia Özcan, who has been living in Turkey for 15 years, talks about how her parents managed to come to Turkey from Ukraine.
16 March 2022
Ayşegül Özbek
Turkey's foreign minister criticizes Greece, EU over 'refugee push backs'
Nineteen refugees were found frozen to death last week near Turkey's border with Greece. Ankara says the refugees were pushed back by Greece's border security units.
8 February 2022
Opposition MPs criticize decision to deport refugees over İstanbul Convention protests
Main opposition CHP MP Yüceer and HDP MP Gülüm have submitted Parliamentary questions, reminding the Vice President and the Interior Minister about Iran’s unlawful practices against women and stressing that Turkey’s decision is not lawful.
8 February 2022
After 10 years, most people in Turkey want refugees from Syria to go back
More than 60 percent of the people don't want Syrians to work, own a business or live in Turkey, according to a new survey.
7 February 2022
Seven more refugees found frozen to death in border town in Turkey's Edirne
Eleven people were found dead yesterday near the country's border with Greece. The only person who was still alive when he was found lost his life at the hospital. Turkey says the refugees were pushed back by Greece.
3 February 2022
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Twelve refugees freeze to death near Turkey's border with Greece
Minister Soylu has slammed Greece and the EU over "push backs" while Athens denies the killed refugees were pushed back by its security forces.
2 February 2022
BEING A REFUGEE IN DİYARBAKIR
‘My children and I have suffered so much from discrimination’
While the number of people seeking refuge in other countries due to internal disturbance, war and economic reasons in their countries is constantly increasing, refugees who have settled in Diyarbakır’s poor districts face discrimination and othering.
19 January 2022
Gülistan Korban
Two refugees from Afghanistan freeze to death on Turkey-Iran border
In the last two months, at least eight refugees were frozen to death in the border areas.
17 January 2022
RESILIENCE IN JOURNALISM ARTICLES - 5
The hatred of refugees
From the Mediterranean Sea to the Aegean Sea and to Belarus, the borders of the EU have turned into refugee graves because of the "policies of hatred."
12 January 2022
Murat Bay
A migrant from Syria killed at his house in İstanbul's Bayrampaşa
Raiding the house where young migrants from Syria live in İstanbul’s Bayrampaşa, a group of people in masks stabbed Nail Alnaif to death. Five people have been reportedly taken into custody.
12 January 2022
‘The reason behind poverty is not refugees,' says rights group
World is Our Home International Solidarity Association makes a statement about violations of rights faced by refugees: “They work for incomparably low wages, mostly unregistered, and in conditions devoid of occupational safety and human dignity.”
11 January 2022
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Attack on refugees' shops in İstanbul's Esenyurt
Seven people were detained after the attack that occurred following an argument between refugees and locals.
10 January 2022
Trying to cross into Turkey, woman from Afghanistan freezes to death
Two children of the woman reportedly walked to a village in Van’s Özalp and took shelter there. The Governor’s Office has announced that the children have been handed over to the soldiers of Iran by villagers.
3 January 2022
At least 30 refugees died in Aegean Sea in a week
More than 2,500 migrants have died or went missing while trying to cross into Europe since the start of the year, according to UN figures.
25 December 2021
Prosecutors dismiss investigation into refugees pushed into river between Turkey, Greece
Dozens of refugees were allegedly pushed into the Evros River by Turkey's soldiers and two of them went missing in late August.
24 December 2021
US denies citizen arrested in Turkey for selling passport to refugee is a diplomat
The İstanbul police identified a US citizen, who they said was a diplomat, selling a passport to a refugee from Syria.
23 December 2021
Three refugees killed in alleged hate attack in İzmir
Three refugees were killed in a fire in their home last month. The incident turned out to be a hate attack, according to reports.
23 December 2021
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