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Istanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu said on July 15 that new measures were being considered to deal with the rising number of Syrians living on the streets of Istanbul, which may include sending them to camps in the southeastern provinces even without their consent.

Syrian refugees begging in the Eminönü neighborhood of Istanbul were caught by the city’s municipal police on July 7 and offered a free bus trip to the Anatolian side of the city, only to be sent straight back to Eminönü by Kadıköy’s municipal police hours later, according to witnesses.

Istanbul Municipality officials have removed the signboards of a private prep school (dershane) due to a “lack of permissions,” in a midnight operation in Istanbul’s Şişli district on June 25.

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis admitted on Thursday that he was surprised at his re-election on Sunday, explaining that he thought the level of crime in the city center would count against him.