Turkey deports 100 Syrians to alleged safe zone
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – Turkish authorities deported on Tuesday 100 Syrians to areas in Aleppo’s countryside, through Bab al-Salameh border crossing, near the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo Governorate.
An exclusive source told North Press that Turkish authorities handed over 100 Syrian young men to the administration of the crossing on the Syrian side, coming from a detention center in Istanbul.
Most of the deportees were held in a detention center for few days, claiming that they obtained Temporary Protection Cards (Kimlik) of cities and that they were in others and without travel permissions, the source added.
On August 22, Turkish authorities deported 30 Syrians to areas in the countryside of Aleppo through Bab al-Salameh border crossing.
The Turkish authorities continue to deport hundreds of Syrians to areas held by Turkish-backed armed Syrian opposition factions, known as Syrian National Army (SNA), in the northern countryside of Aleppo under offending refuge regulations and non-obtaining the Kimlik that entitles refugees to work.
On May 3, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan disclosed about his plan to settle about one million Syrian refugees in 13 Syrian areas, which are not the areas the refugees are originally from, adjacent to the southern border of Turkey starting from Azaz in the west to Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) in the east.
“We are preparing a new project for the voluntary return of one million Syrian brothers who are in our country as guests,” Erdogan said.