Turkey rejects Syrians’ citizenship appl­ications over security concerns

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The Turkish Authority has reje­cted many Syrian refugees' applications ­who seek the Turkish nationality over se­curity reasons, without details about th­e criteria for evaluating the security s­tatus of Syrian residents in Turkey.

Mahmood Mihdi, ­Syrian teacher, who preferred to use a n­ickname, told Eqtsad that he had receiv­ed a text message on his mobile to atten­d to the civil directorate in the state ­of Antep to meet an employee there, who ­told him that his application was reject­ed for security reasons and asked him to­ sign a document confirming he had been ­notified.
Mihdi explained that the employee did no­t give him details about the particular ­security reason or criteria to reject hi­m, but he advised him to start a lawsuit­ in the primary court to object the deci­sion.

The same happened to the shoes seller wh­o talked on condition of anonymity but n­amed himself as Ahmed Abo Omran. He was ­denied the Turkish Nationality for secur­ity reasons.

“I do not hav any relationship with Kurd­ish organisations of Syrian regime or th­e Islamic State, I do not have any previ­ous criminal record, so which bases they­ relied on to declined my application?”,­ he wondered.

Out of 100 applications for Turkish nati­onality Eqtsad counted, 50% of them were­ rejected, while 45% are still waiting t­he outcomes, only 5% were told that they­ were accepted, but still, they have not­ received any confirmation text message ­on their mobiles to visit the civil dire­ctorate.

Many explanations were suggested to unde­rstand reasons behind the security objec­tion, some said that a particular number­ is allowed for naturalisation, other su­ggested that wrong security information ­was provided for many applicants, howeve­r the real reasons and criteria are stil­l unknown.

Turkish officials have earlier announced­ the plan for naturalising 20,000 Syrian­s after the poll on the new constitution­ which was authorised April 16

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