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Syrian refugees in Türkiye

Türkiye hosts the world's largest Syrian refugee population. Voluntary returns began after the change of government in Syria in December 2024, but more than 2 million Syrians still live in Türkiye, most of them in Istanbul, Gaziantep and Şanlıurfa.

According to Türkiye's Interior Ministry, 2,264,983 Syrians were under temporary protection in June 2026, down from a peak of 3.73 million in 2021. Between 9 December 2024 and May 2026 about 640,000-670,000 people returned from Türkiye to Syria, depending on the source (UNHCR or the Turkish authorities). Many refugees in the 2023 earthquake zone still live in containers. UNHCR works from offices including Ankara and Gaziantep.

Numbers with sources

Needs

• protection
• livelihoods
• education
• shelter

Who is helping

Organisations that, according to their own publications, work on this event (2). Donations go directly to each organisation's own website - GLOBURNS does not handle payments.

• Save the Children (SCI)
  Save the Children works for children's health, education and protection in humanitarian crises. It has worked in Yemen since 1963 and runs mobile clinics and water…
  Donate on the organisation's website (savethechildren.net)
• UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
  UNHCR protects refugees, internally displaced and stateless people and runs camps and registration. In eastern Chad it supports refugees arriving from Sudan.
  Donate on the organisation's website (donate.unhcr.org)

Sources

• ensonhaber.com ensonhaber.com/turkiyedeki-suriyeli-sayisi-degisti-son-veriler-paylasildi-h1545193
• english.enabbaladi.net english.enabbaladi.net/archives/2026/05/turkey-seeks-to-settle-syrian-return-figures-disp…
• timeturk.com timeturk.com/yasam/gecici-koruma-altindaki-suriyeli-sayisi-yuzde-38-5-azaldi-haber-1831201
• reporting.unhcr.org reporting.unhcr.org/operational/operations/turkiye

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