Turkey completes more than 62,000 homes in Idlib, but will refugees return home?
Syrian refugees fear that the Turkish government will go ahead with its plan to deport them to northwest Syria.
Turkey has recently completed the building of more than 60,000 houses in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, as part of a Turkish plan to encourage Syrian refugees in Turkey to return to their home country.
On Aug. 6, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu announced in a tweet the completion of the construction of 62,145 briquette houses in Idlib, for what he described as the safe, voluntary and dignified return of Syrians.
He continued that the number of newly built housing units in Idlib is expected to reach 100,603 by the end of the year, expressing hope to reach the target number with the support of nongovernmental organizations and the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), upon the instructions of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Soylu also shared a video recording on his Twitter account, showing screenshots of houses being built in the Kamouna camp for the displaced near the city of Sarmada in the northern countryside of Idlib.
