Refugees of the 2011–2012 Syrian uprising
Syrians settling in Turkey fueling home appliance, furniture sectors
Syrian migrants in Turkey have begun establishing homes in Turkey, helping the home appliance sector to flourish during a downturn that traditionally accompanies an election period, said the head of a sector association.
Migrant crisis continues to fuel tension on eastern Aegean isles
The latest developments with the migrant crisis on several eastern Aegean islands included continued arrivals at the port of Piraeus of Syrian refugees, people evacuated from the isles by the ferry boat “Eleftherios Venizelos”.
Turkey PM: Syria no-fly zone needed
Turkey will again push for a no-fly zone over northern Syria to protect civilians fleeing both Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants and Syrian government forces, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has told the BBC.
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Angelina Jolie in Turkey's Mardin to meet Syrian, Iraqi refugees
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has arrived in Turkey's southeastern province of Mardin Hollywood star and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has arrived in Turkey's southeastern province of Mardin to visit Syrian refugees.
350,000 school-aged Syrian children in Turkey, just half receiving education
Turkey is struggling to educate 350,000 Syrian refugee children, with only around half of all refugee children receiving schooling The number of school-aged children out of the 1.7 million Syrian refugees in Turkey is now more than 350,000, new figures have shown, demonstrating the size of Turkey's ongoing refugee burden.
UN humanitarian chief calls for urgent political solution in Syria
The United Nations humanitarian chief has drawn attention to the gravity of the plight of Syrian refugees in Turkey
US, Britain 'willing to examine' Turkey's 'safe haven' efforts for Syria, France voices support
French President Hollande has voiced his support for a Turkish proposal to create 'safe havens' in Syria for the protection of Syrian refugees, while the top diplomats of the US and Britain said they are willing to 'examine' the idea
Syrian refugees under dire conditions: CHP
Thousands of Syrian refugees sheltering along Turkey’s Syrian border are living under poor conditions, a report by main opposition
party has claimed
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Syrian refugees: Uprooted and out of school
By most measures, Turkey has been generous to the 1.36 million Syrians who fled there from the civil war to the south. The country hosts over a quarter of all Syrian refugees. It does so with far less foreign aid than its neighbors, meaning Turkish taxpayers shoulder a disproportionate cost .
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30,000 Syrian babies born in Turkey's border provinces
A whole new generation of Syrian refugees is being born in Turkey, as the number of Syrians in the country heads toward 1.4 million Some 30,000 Syrian children have been born in Turkish cities where there are refugee camps since the beginning of the war more than three years ago. Another 30,000 Syrian babies are believed to have been born in various other provinces of Turkey.