In its latest stunt apparently designed to encourage refugees to believe that Turkey will provide them housing that is nicer than what most people in Turkey have, Turkey has floated the idea of a $27 billion program for taking over part of northeast Syria.
Calling this a “safe zone,” Turkey says that its security concerns give it a right to occupy part of Syria. Ankara has talked up the “safe zone” for months, but only now has it floated an ambitious settlement program for 1 million Syrians with modern housing that is the largest of its sort in history.
Iran’s Press TV, apparently representing the view of Iran’s government, argues that the plan means “carving out a patch of land in the Arab country for itself.”
Turkish Presidency unveils details of safe zone rebuilding/repatriation project which envisions the return of 1mn Syrian refugees. The Project includes residential, hospital, police, government and school buildings. I will post more details in this thread. pic.twitter.com/mN3CHXOnJx
— Yusuf Erim (@YusufErim79) September 27, 2019
Ankara’s latest proposal is the building of 200,000 homes for more than 1 million Syrian refugees who currently reside in Turkey.
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