30.08.2025 00:56
After the security meeting held in Kütahya, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya stated that since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime on December 8, 2024, the number of Syrians who have voluntarily returned to their country has reached 450,169. Yerlikaya also expressed that the number of Syrians under temporary protection has decreased to 2,506,740 as of August 2025.
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Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya made striking statements following the security meeting held in Kütahya.
MINISTER YERLİKAYA ANNOUNCED THE NUMBER OF SYRIANS RETURNING TO THEIR COUNTRY
Minister Yerlikaya stated that the number of Syrians who have voluntarily returned to their country since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria on December 8, 2024, is 450,169. Thus, the total number of Syrians who have voluntarily returned to their country has reached 1,190,172, and Minister Yerlikaya expressed that the number of Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey has decreased to 2,506,740 as of August 2025.
"TURKEY HAS ALWAYS STOOD BY OUR SYRIAN BROTHERS WHO FLED THE OPPRESSION OF ASSAD"
The relevant part of Minister Yerlikaya's statements is as follows: "Our country is managing migration under the leadership of our President Mr. Erdoğan; it presents an exemplary model to the world with its historical experience, humanitarian approach, and rational perspective. Turkey has always stood by our Syrian brothers who fled the oppression of Assad in their country since 2011.
"WE ARE CARRYING OUT VOLUNTARY RETURN PROCESSES WITH GREAT SENSITIVITY"
After the developments following December 8, 2024, the requests for voluntary return increased, and during this process, our country continued to stand by our Syrian brothers and will continue to do so. Since the liberation of Syria on December 8, 2024, the number of our Syrian brothers who have voluntarily, safely, honorably, and regularly returned to their countries has reached 450,169. The total number of Syrians who have voluntarily returned to their country so far is 1,190,172. In 2022, the number of our Syrian brothers under temporary protection in our country was 3,535,898, while this number has decreased to 2,506,740 as of August 2025. During this process, we are carrying out the voluntary return processes of our Syrian brothers with great sensitivity. With the stabilization of Syria, the number of voluntary returns will continue to increase."
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