Statistics of the Turkish Ministry of Interior on the refugees who returned to Syria

According to RCO News Agency, the Minister of Interior of Turkey told “Haber Turk” on Saturday in the latest information about Syrian refugees and asylum seekers: “Currently, 2,938,261 Syrians live in our country.”

The Turkish official added: “The number of Syrians who voluntarily returned to their country reached 240 by December 8, when the regime (Bashar Assad, the former president of Syria) fell in Damascus. But after the liberation of Syria, this number increased to 1,847 people until yesterday.

Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to simplify the process of voluntary return of Syrians to their country.

As of early December, more than 2.9 million Syrian refugees were staying in Türkiye, more than 1.5 million of whom were minors.

The Syrian armed opposition captured the Syrian capital Damascus on December 8. Russian officials have said that Assad stepped down after negotiating with the participants in the Syrian conflict and left Syria for Russia, where he sought asylum.

Mohammad al-Bashir, who ran the Idlib-based government formed by Tahrir al-Sham and other opposition groups, was appointed interim prime minister on December 10. He later announced that the interim government has been formed and will be in office until March 2025.

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