Khalil Mabrouk-Istanbul
With great reluctance and tense visibility, the young Bahaa advanced towards the Aksaray Metro Station in the Fatih area of Istanbul, before retreating hastily and back back for fear of being arrested by Turkish security deployed there.
The 30-year-old is not afraid of being deported if he is caught in his hometown of Darat Azza in Syria's Aleppo countryside.
Bahaa is one of the tens of thousands of Syrians who have been registered by the Turkish authorities in their 80 states by virtue of their stay, but chose to move and live in the state 81 (Istanbul) for many considerations;
The young Syrian works as a translator and a waiter at a popular restaurant in Sultanahmet area. Al-Jazeera met him while he was going to visit a friend who lives in Esenler (west of Istanbul).
Baha says he came to Istanbul to work and send his savings to his mother and three sisters who remained in Reyhanli, but he has become very cautious in moving in Istanbul since the end of last October, the deadline set by the Turkish authorities to deport all Syrians living in the city Residences in other states.
He points out that he has determined his movement to the lowest possible levels, and investigates and investigates the conditions of any area he wishes to go inside Istanbul for fear of being located at a checkpoint that may return him to Rihaniya.
| A deportation bus carrying handcuffed detainees in preparation for their return to the states registered with them (Al Jazeera) |
The ambiguity of the campaign
Although Turkey has not officially announced the resumption of the expulsion of Syrians from Istanbul, residents of the city from other state residency campaigns fear adventure and scrutiny by security personnel, who scrutinize the cards and residences of any foreigner near the entrances of train and metro stations and at crossings between provinces.
There is a high degree of anticipation among the Syrians in Istanbul, in light of the Turkish silence on the fate of the campaign, which shows no prospects for its renewal or cancellation, especially after the Turkish politicians admitted that several irregularities and major abuses were marred by the executive bodies such as the police, security services and the gendarmerie. Turkish.
Turkish press reports pointed to the difficulty of resuming the campaign in light of the abuses, while Syrian circles in Istanbul expressed the hope that the Turks will retreat from the campaign.
| Detainees handcuffed on the relay bus in preparation for their return to the states registered with them (Al Jazeera) |
Possibilities arise
A source from the platform of the Syrian associations of the island Net that all possibilities are available in the coming days, especially as the Turkish authorities did not tighten its procedures and did not mitigate at the same time.
The sources confirmed that the Turkish government pledged to the platform of associations to give any Syrian arrested in violation of the conditions of residence in Istanbul, five days to leave, but to the state where he registered his residence without exposing him to deportation to Syria.
On Thursday, Turkish Interior Minister Suleiman Soilu announced that his country had transferred about 100,000 Syrians from Istanbul to the states with registered residences, pointing out that more than 371,000 illegal immigrants had been seized in Turkey this year. In search of jobs.