The allegation that “There are 13 million foreign nationals including 7 million Syrians in Turkiye and at least 2.5 million Syrians were given Turkish nationality” made on a television programme is not true.
There are 4 million 425 thousand 230 foreign nationals with the legal right to remain in Turkiye as of today, including 3 million 99 thousand 524 Syrians subject to temporary protection, 221 thousand 353 foreign nationals with international protection statuses and 1 million 104 thousand 353 foreign nationals staying subject to a residential permit.
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The number of Syrians who became Turkish citizens while under temporary protection is 238 thousand 768.
Syrian population is 23.5 million based on the United Nations (UN) United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) data. UN High Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) data shows that 6.5 million of those Syrians live in various countries, including Lebanon, Germany, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Austria, Sweden and Greece, as well as in Turkey as asylum seekers or refugees.
Do not believe allegations aimed at manipulating public opinion.
Translated by our expert Chartered Linguists / human translators from the Turkish original at: https://www.iletisim.gov.tr/turkce/haberler/detay/turkiyede-bulunan-yabancilarin-sayisi-ve-vatandaslik-durumlari-ile-ilgili-iddialara-dair-aciklama
