Syrians fleeing ferocity in their country being housed in camps in the province of Hatay might shortly be transferred to other cities, due to tensions that have allegedly risen between them and some Turks in the province.
Gazi Mısırlı, a Syrian who plays a adviser to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, reportedly visited Hatay on Sunday to attempt to persuade the representatives of Syrians settled in camps there to move from the province.
In recent weeks, recurrent conflicts between residents of Hatay and the Syrians have been reported, including Syrians allegedly refusing to pay bills at eating house, carfare or rent for properties, though they are required to do so.
Locals have complained that the Syrians are rude in their conduct and don’t obey rules.
Some Syrians who are claimed to have acceded Turkey lawlessly have hired apartments in Hatay with the assistance of relatives here. In some cases, twenty people are living in the same apartment. Some are told to have declined to pay rent due on the properties. People in Hatay are awful that these Syrians may have been captives in their home country who were released on the uprising. Turkish residents of Hatay report feeling afraid to leave their houses at night, and in certain districts prefer to keep their children at home, even during the day.
Hasan Akgöl, a Hatay deputy from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), has confirmed the tensions in Hatay. But he stresses that people in Hatay have no difficulties with Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war and now living in camps; rather, it is the Syrians who have rented apartments in Hatay that people are concerned about. “People in Hatay don’t know if these people are really from Syria. With their identity being unknown in most cases, they may also be from Libya, or from some other Arab country,”
