Syrian economist: Deportation of Syrians threatens Turkey with a low economic situation
Istanbul – North-Press Agency
Muhammad Al- Yanayri
Syrian economist Yunis al-Karim said that Turkey is threatened with a low economic situation, once Syrians, who formed a strong addition to the Turkish economy and boosted all economic indicators in Turkey, are deported; commenting on the controversy over the tightening on Syrians in Istanbul and deporting a number of them to Syria for the violation of “Kimlik” card, work and travel permits.
According to al-Karim, in a special statement to North-Press, the most important thing produced by Syrians for the Turkish market is the “renewal of the Turkish consumer market-based” and changing the pattern of consumption, which addressed the recession crisis that Turkey was experiencing.
Al-Karim said that the presence of more than 3.5 million Syrians in Turkey has had a significant impact on turning Turkey into a platform for Syrian goods, whether produced for Turkey or for other regions and countries.
Moreover, al-Karim pointed out that this type of industries “have benefited Turkey a lot, adding a huge mark, especially that Syrian expertise are professional in many domains, particularly food and manufacturing, of which the Turks benefited a lot in that regard”.
He stressed that the mark left by the Syrians in the real estate market, and the real estate sector is one of the important indicators in the capital market, thus, moving the Syrians to the real estate market contributed to make the other indicators and sectors appear as positive, noting that “the absence of Syrians will have negative repercussions on the market and other sectors, just as their presence has positive effects”.
“If Syrians are deported out of Turkey, the real estate sector will be severely affected, which will have a negative impact on Turkish economic indicators, and this can be applied to other sectors where Syrians work in Turkey,” al-Karim added.
Economy of Turkey
Turkey will suffer from the appearance of its low economic situation if Syrians departed, as al-Karim pointed out that Syrians supported and contributed to boosting the Turkish economy, which made it appears somewhat coherent, while the absence of the Syrians will unveil the truth and puts the Turkish economy at “stake”.
The Syrian economist pointed out that it’s also necessary to refer to “the Syrian capital’s accounts of banks and the huge movement of capital, either through humanitarian organizations operating in Turkey or personal capital of Syrians, in addition to the huge investments of Syrians in Turkey, especially that many Syrians who came to Turkey are on relations with foreign investors in major countries, and thus, Turkey has benefited in a way or another”.
He stressed that the pressure on the Syrians in this direction (in reference to the recent deportations from Istanbul) means that “Turkey itself will suffer bad economic indicators in the upcoming periods, which shows the Syrians in Turkey that the environment there is unstable, as consequently, their projects and economic works with many companies will be at risk”.
The Gulf and Turkey
At the end of his talk to North-Press, al-Karim talked about what he described as the “Gulf alliance against Turkey,” this alliance will polarize the issue of pressure on Syrians as “a way to put pressure on the Turkish economy, so that Turkey would be in a bad position, which of course will harm the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).