📰 Turkey prepares “dignified return” for Syrian refugees after Assad fall

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Turkish administration is preparing a emerging strategy to facilitate the “dignified return” of Syrian relocated persons following the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime in December 2024, a Turkish newspaper disclosed on Sunday. The emerging strategy includes that starting Jan. 1, 2026, Syrian relocated persons will no longer have free access to healthcare in Turkey and must pay social security premiums like Turkish citizens, the Daily Sabah declared.

Turkey also plans to end temporary protection status for Syrians. The removal will require refugees to apply for residence permits, a process involving evaluations of housing, employment, health coverage, and financial standing. Since Assad’s ousting, over 600,000 Syrians have returned from Turkey, with U.

N. data indicating that around 1. 2 million refugees, plus 1. 9 million internally displaced people, have gone home since the regime’s collapse.

By Jwan Shekaki