Turkish authorities take over deported Syrians’ property
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – Turkish authorities have seized the property of deported Syrian families during the past months, after taking their identification papers, preventing them from legally defending their property.
Complaints were filed by lawyers in Idlib with the aim of addressing the official authorities, but in vain. A person’s presence outside Turkish territory revokes his right to do so, a private source from the legal office at Bab al-Hawa crossing told North Press.
Mahdi al-Banyasi, a pseudonym for a lawyer in the city of al-Dana, north of Idlib, said that “dozens of complaints were filed by families who were forcibly deported from Turkey, to the legal office of the Salvation Government and to the legal office in Bab al-Hawa crossing.”
He added that these complaints included property as well as finances, whether in banks or held by the people. Turkish authorities refuse to receive or acknowledge these files because they are outside the its border.
On Feb.26, the administration of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, between Turkey and the Idlib Governorate, said that the number of Syrian refugees deported by Turkish authorities from its territory during the past month had reached 1,325.
From the beginning of last year until October, Turkey has deported about 16,173 people through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, according to special statistics obtained by North Press from the crossing administration.