Turkiye prepares new project for voluntary return of 1M Syrian refugees: President

By Cigdem Alyanak and Mustafa Hatipoglu

İSTANBUL (AA) - Turkiye is preparing a new project that would allow voluntary return of 1 million Syrian refugees to their country, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.

The project will materialize soon with the support of national and international non-governmental organizations, Erdogan said at the inauguration ceremony of new houses built in Idlib in northern Syria.

Erdogan attended the ceremony via video conference.

He said that since Turkiye launched its cross-border operations in 2016, around 500,000 Syrians have returned to safe zones in northern Syria.