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Residents of Istanbul suburb in violent protest over Syrian refugees
ISTANBUL - Agence France-Presse
Hundreds of Istanbul residents angered by the presence of Syrian refugees clashed with police early Aug. 25 in a violent protest in a suburb of Turkey's biggest city, reports said.
The clashes were the latest violence amid growing tensions between Turkish locals and Syrian refugees who fled the civil war in their country and whose numbers in Turkey have now swelled to 1.2 million according to the official figures.
The protest in the İkitelli neighborhood in the west of the European side of Istanbul was sparked by claims that young Syrian men had sexually harassed a teenage girl, Doğan news agency reported.
Television pictures showed a group of some 300 people, armed with sticks, knives and machetes, attacking shops and cars belonging to Syrians and shouting anti-Syrian slogans. Cars were smashed and turned upside down while the window panes of shops belonging to Syrians with Arabic lettering on the shopfronts were broken.
Riot police, using tear gas and water cannon, then moved in to disperse the protest. Private boradcaster CNNTürk said five Syrian women were injured in the protest.
There have been repeated protests against the presence of Syrian refugees in Turkey over the last weeks but the actions have until now been largely in the south and southeast, where most of the refugees are concentrated.
However the refugees are also a visible presence in Istanbul, with many seeking to make ends meet by begging. A similar protest sparked by allegations that a Syrian refugee had abused a Turkish child erupted last week in the city of İskenderun in the Hatay province on the Syrian border.
Following violent protests against the presence of Syrians in the southeastern city of Gaziantep earlier this month, the authorities moved hundreds of the refugees into refugee camps in a bid to calm tensions.
According to Turkey's relief agency, some 285,000 Syrian refugees are living in camps in Turkey, but a far greater number of 912,0000 are living outside the camps in cities across the country.
Xenophobia against Syrian refugees on rise: Turkish government
ANKARA
Turkish officials roll up sleeves aganist the xenophobia toward 1.128 million Syrian refugees as the biometric registration of 740,000 Syrians is finalized
Turkish officials have finally decided to take measures against growing xenophobia against Syrian refugees, issuing a joint statement that acknowledged the hostility toward the newcomers and vowing to fight discrimination.
Turkey’s disaster agency AFAD, under Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay, held a meeting on Aug. 22 with relevant ministers, governors and mayors in order to discuss ways to handle increasingly challenging problems in cities between Syrians and local people.
The issues of health, education, the economy, the workforce, women, the family, public safety, legal arrangements, smuggling, border security and others were assessed in the meeting, according to a joint statement by the participating institutions.
The joint statement indicated that Turkish officials acknowledged that Syrian refugees were likely to remain permanently in Turkey, as it noted how efforts at the schooling of Syrian children would be intensified.
Government efforts for education of Syrian children will be extended, and the government will encourage them to learn Turkish in order to minimize social problems, said the statement on Aug. 23.
Syrians under “temporary protection” display gratitude to Turkish people at every turn and pay maximum attention to integrate into society, read the statement.
“Despite this positive attitude and efforts, some provocations and disinformation stir up xenophobia and discrimination,” said the statement.
Current efforts that have been undertaken with state institutions and civic society against xenophobia and discrimination will be boosted, read the statement.
The crime rate and involvement in criminal cases by Syrians are “quite low,” but any incident has a broader repercussion in society that leads the way to discrimination, according to the statement.
The government has achieved progress on border security over the last year with the cooperation of the Turkish Army and the Interior Ministry, said the statement, adding that efforts would continue to correct deficiencies.
The Turkish government finalized the biometric registration of 740,000 Syrians and the rest will be under registration in a few months, according to the statement which also said 218,121 Syrians had taken shelter in camps, while 1,127,970 Syrians live in cities across the country.
The government will take necessary measures against mendicancy, prostitution and polygamy that harm society, said the statement, noting that they would advance efforts to find solutions to the negative impacts of Syrians enter the workforce.
Syrians who are living on streets are being taken to temporary sheltering centers by local governors, read the statement, adding that the practice would continue.
Tensions between local Turks and Syrian refugees living outside camps first boiled over in Gaziantep last month, when locals attacked a Syrian after a traffic accident.
The latest attacks on Syrian refugees in Gaziantep were sparked by the fatal stabbing of a Turkish landlord, allegedly by his Syrian tenant, and led to a major exodus of refugees from the city.
ISTANBUL - Agence France-Presse
Hundreds of Istanbul residents angered by the presence of Syrian refugees clashed with police early Aug. 25 in a violent protest in a suburb of Turkey's biggest city, reports said.
The clashes were the latest violence amid growing tensions between Turkish locals and Syrian refugees who fled the civil war in their country and whose numbers in Turkey have now swelled to 1.2 million according to the official figures.
The protest in the İkitelli neighborhood in the west of the European side of Istanbul was sparked by claims that young Syrian men had sexually harassed a teenage girl, Doğan news agency reported.
Television pictures showed a group of some 300 people, armed with sticks, knives and machetes, attacking shops and cars belonging to Syrians and shouting anti-Syrian slogans. Cars were smashed and turned upside down while the window panes of shops belonging to Syrians with Arabic lettering on the shopfronts were broken.
Riot police, using tear gas and water cannon, then moved in to disperse the protest. Private boradcaster CNNTürk said five Syrian women were injured in the protest.
There have been repeated protests against the presence of Syrian refugees in Turkey over the last weeks but the actions have until now been largely in the south and southeast, where most of the refugees are concentrated.
However the refugees are also a visible presence in Istanbul, with many seeking to make ends meet by begging. A similar protest sparked by allegations that a Syrian refugee had abused a Turkish child erupted last week in the city of İskenderun in the Hatay province on the Syrian border.
Following violent protests against the presence of Syrians in the southeastern city of Gaziantep earlier this month, the authorities moved hundreds of the refugees into refugee camps in a bid to calm tensions.
According to Turkey's relief agency, some 285,000 Syrian refugees are living in camps in Turkey, but a far greater number of 912,0000 are living outside the camps in cities across the country.
Xenophobia against Syrian refugees on rise: Turkish government
ANKARA
Turkish officials roll up sleeves aganist the xenophobia toward 1.128 million Syrian refugees as the biometric registration of 740,000 Syrians is finalized
Turkish officials have finally decided to take measures against growing xenophobia against Syrian refugees, issuing a joint statement that acknowledged the hostility toward the newcomers and vowing to fight discrimination.
Turkey’s disaster agency AFAD, under Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay, held a meeting on Aug. 22 with relevant ministers, governors and mayors in order to discuss ways to handle increasingly challenging problems in cities between Syrians and local people.
The issues of health, education, the economy, the workforce, women, the family, public safety, legal arrangements, smuggling, border security and others were assessed in the meeting, according to a joint statement by the participating institutions.
The joint statement indicated that Turkish officials acknowledged that Syrian refugees were likely to remain permanently in Turkey, as it noted how efforts at the schooling of Syrian children would be intensified.
Government efforts for education of Syrian children will be extended, and the government will encourage them to learn Turkish in order to minimize social problems, said the statement on Aug. 23.
Syrians under “temporary protection” display gratitude to Turkish people at every turn and pay maximum attention to integrate into society, read the statement.
“Despite this positive attitude and efforts, some provocations and disinformation stir up xenophobia and discrimination,” said the statement.
Current efforts that have been undertaken with state institutions and civic society against xenophobia and discrimination will be boosted, read the statement.
The crime rate and involvement in criminal cases by Syrians are “quite low,” but any incident has a broader repercussion in society that leads the way to discrimination, according to the statement.
The government has achieved progress on border security over the last year with the cooperation of the Turkish Army and the Interior Ministry, said the statement, adding that efforts would continue to correct deficiencies.
The Turkish government finalized the biometric registration of 740,000 Syrians and the rest will be under registration in a few months, according to the statement which also said 218,121 Syrians had taken shelter in camps, while 1,127,970 Syrians live in cities across the country.
The government will take necessary measures against mendicancy, prostitution and polygamy that harm society, said the statement, noting that they would advance efforts to find solutions to the negative impacts of Syrians enter the workforce.
Syrians who are living on streets are being taken to temporary sheltering centers by local governors, read the statement, adding that the practice would continue.
Tensions between local Turks and Syrian refugees living outside camps first boiled over in Gaziantep last month, when locals attacked a Syrian after a traffic accident.
The latest attacks on Syrian refugees in Gaziantep were sparked by the fatal stabbing of a Turkish landlord, allegedly by his Syrian tenant, and led to a major exodus of refugees from the city.
