Turkey grants citizenship to over 193,000 Syrian refugees
20 Feb 2022; MEMO: Over 193,000 Syrian refugees have become Turkish citizens until this year, Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has announced.
Speaking to reporters in the capital Ankara on Thursday, Soylu stated that "So far until December 2021, a total of 193,293 Syrians, including 84,152 children, have become Turkish citizens. This figure includes those who were granted citizenship before 2021."