Published : 07-10-2022
Küçükçekmece, Başakşehir, Bağcılar, Avcılar, Bahçelievler, Sultangazi, Esenler and Zeytinburnu – have been closed for issuing any residence permit to foreign nationals as no new registrations will be made, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said Friday.
Speaking after the Istanbul Migration Evaluation Meeting, Soylu told the press that another eight districts were closed to foreign residence registrations while Fatih and Esenyurt were closed previously.
The minister, however, highlighted also that this rule might have exceptions. “If he/she is a student and has a university in that district or if he/she has bought a house as an investment. There is also the matter of sickness.”
Soylu said that while the total number of foreigners in Istanbul was 1,309,394 in April, the number decreased to 1,271,279, despite the arrival of Russians and Ukrainians in the last months.
"The total number of our Syrian brothers and sisters in Türkiye is 3,646,278; these are those who came here due to the internal conflict in Syria, which we describe as 'under temporary protection.'"
“Istanbul has long been closed to the registration of Syrians under temporary protection status. Some neighborhoods and districts in Istanbul are closed to all foreigners, not just Syrians under temporary protection status,” Soylu underlined.
In February, the ministry had announced that 781 neighborhoods in Türkiye were closed to the registrations because the number of foreigners exceeded 25% of the total population.
Türkiye hosts nearly 4 million refugees – more than any other country in the world. After the Syrian conflict broke out in 2011, Türkiye adopted an "open-door policy" for people fleeing the conflict, granting them "temporary protection" status.
Unofficial statistics indicate that 10,000 Palestinians from Syria have sought shelter in Turkey, where they have been facing dire socio-economic conditions and denied access to the local labor market.
Turkish embassies continue to prevent Palestinian refugees from Syria from obtaining visas. As a result, hundreds of Palestinians have embarked on life-threatening journeys via illegal immigration roads to reach Turkey, fleeing war-tattered Syria, among other war-stricken zones.
Küçükçekmece, Başakşehir, Bağcılar, Avcılar, Bahçelievler, Sultangazi, Esenler and Zeytinburnu – have been closed for issuing any residence permit to foreign nationals as no new registrations will be made, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said Friday.
Speaking after the Istanbul Migration Evaluation Meeting, Soylu told the press that another eight districts were closed to foreign residence registrations while Fatih and Esenyurt were closed previously.
The minister, however, highlighted also that this rule might have exceptions. “If he/she is a student and has a university in that district or if he/she has bought a house as an investment. There is also the matter of sickness.”
Soylu said that while the total number of foreigners in Istanbul was 1,309,394 in April, the number decreased to 1,271,279, despite the arrival of Russians and Ukrainians in the last months.
"The total number of our Syrian brothers and sisters in Türkiye is 3,646,278; these are those who came here due to the internal conflict in Syria, which we describe as 'under temporary protection.'"
“Istanbul has long been closed to the registration of Syrians under temporary protection status. Some neighborhoods and districts in Istanbul are closed to all foreigners, not just Syrians under temporary protection status,” Soylu underlined.
In February, the ministry had announced that 781 neighborhoods in Türkiye were closed to the registrations because the number of foreigners exceeded 25% of the total population.
Türkiye hosts nearly 4 million refugees – more than any other country in the world. After the Syrian conflict broke out in 2011, Türkiye adopted an "open-door policy" for people fleeing the conflict, granting them "temporary protection" status.
Unofficial statistics indicate that 10,000 Palestinians from Syria have sought shelter in Turkey, where they have been facing dire socio-economic conditions and denied access to the local labor market.
Turkish embassies continue to prevent Palestinian refugees from Syria from obtaining visas. As a result, hundreds of Palestinians have embarked on life-threatening journeys via illegal immigration roads to reach Turkey, fleeing war-tattered Syria, among other war-stricken zones.
