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Could there be a different election discourse towards Syrian refugees in Turkey?

Musallam Abedtalas
External Publications (2023)

published on syria.tv, 13.04.2023 (Arabic)

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It is estimated that the Turkish economy gained about $168.9 billion from hosting Syrian refugees during the period 2012-2021, which greatly exceeds the $100 billion of (alleged) Turkish government spending on refugees. Therefore, it was possible to use hosting Syrian refugees positively in the election campaign in Turkey, but the Turkish opposition and government are manipulating refugee issues in a very irresponsible and opportunistic way to win the votes of the voters (only arabic version available).