How Syria's earliest refugees are about to become Turkish citizens
Author Mehmet Cetingulec Posted February 29, 2016
Five years ago, the first 252 refugees arrived. Turkey initially agreed to accept a maximum of 100,000, and many people at that time thought there would never be that many refugees. But the flow gained momentum and by the end of 2012, 150,000 Syrians had crossed into Turkey.
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