Türkiye opens an investigation into the mayor on charges of discrimination against Syrians
Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunç announced today, Sunday, the opening of an investigation against the mayor of the Turkish city of Bolu, Tangu Ozcan, after he admitted to taking a number of discriminatory decisions against Syrian citizens< span dir="LTR".
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Ozcan said on a TV channel this week that he “illegally canceled the work permits of Syrians".
He added: "If the Syrians had started filing a lawsuit, they could have won the case, and I saw that they would never leave Bolu, so I increased their water tariff tenfold, and that was also done illegally" Also in Polo, marriage fees were increased specifically for Syrians, and signs in Arabic were removed..
A case has been opened against the mayor under the articles of incitement to hatred and discrimination, and the Public Prosecutor’s Office will also demand that a case be opened on charges of abuse of power.
The mayor has already responded on the social media network “X” To the ongoing investigation, according to him, he did not commit any crime but only defended the interests of the Turkish nation, adding: “Now only a few Syrians and Iraqis remain in Bolu".
Ozcan said: “After my actions, children go to parks and schools without fear, and our girls and women are not harassed".
This is not the first time that Ozcan has spoken harshly about the Syrians. Last December 12, shortly after the change of power in Syria, he said that the Polo authorities would not need to send Syrian refugees to their country, because they had all left the city. Five years ago.
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya reported last December that the rate of Syrians returning to their homeland from Turkey after the change of power in Damascus increased by about seven times.
According to current data, more than two million and 920 thousand Syrian refugees live in Türkiye.
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