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4,256,980
Households*
0
Last updated 25 Aug 2016
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Source - Government, AFAD, Government of Turkey, UNHCR

   All Refugees by Origin

Country of origin Source Data date Population
Syrian Arab Rep. Government, AFAD, Government of Turkey, UNHCR 25 Aug 2016
  100.0% 		4,256,980

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  • Inter-Agency Regional Response - Syrian Refugees 25 July - 7 August

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  • Inter-Agency Regional Response - Syrian Refugees 11-17 July

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  • Inter-Agency Regional Response - Syrian Refugees 27 June - 3 July

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  • Inter-Agency Regional Response - Syrian Refugees 20-26 June

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  • Inter-Agency Regional Response - Syrian Refugees 13-19 June

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  • UNHCR 2016 funding - Syria Situation response 2016 - 6 September 2016

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  • UNHCR 2016 funding - Syria Situation response 2016 - 13September 2016

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  • UNHCR 2016 funding - Syria Situation response 2016 - 16 August 2016

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    UNHCR 2016 funding - Syria Situation response 2016 - 16 August 2016
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  • UNHCR 2016 funding - Syria Situation response 2016 - 9 August 2016

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    UNHCR 2016 funding - Syria Situation response 2016 - 9 August 2016
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  • UNHCR 2016 funding - Syria Situation response 2016 - 2 August 2016

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    UNHCR 2016 funding - Syria Situation response 2016 - 2 August 2016
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  • UNHCR Turkey: Operational Update January - June 2016

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    Publish date: 16 September 2016 (3 days ago)
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  • UNHCR Turkey: Operational Update January - June 2016

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    UNHCR Turkey: Operational Update January - June 2016
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  • Turkey: FAQ on e-food card assistance

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  • Turkey: FAQ on e-food card assistance

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  • UNHCR Turkey: Operational Update January - June 2016

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    Publish date: 5 September 2016 (14 days ago)
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  • UNHCR Turkey: Operational Update January - June 2016

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    UNHCR Turkey: Operational Update January - June 2016
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  • UNICEF Syria Crisis SitRep June 2016

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    UNICEF Syria Crisis SitRep June 2016
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  • UNHCR Turkey External Monthly Update, November 2015

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    Publish date: 22 December 2015 (8 months ago)
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  • UNHCR Turkey External Monthly Update, October 2015

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  • UNHCR Turkey External Monthly Update, September 2015

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  • WFP: July Highlights

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    Publish date: 31 August 2016 (19 days ago)
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  • IOM: Migrant Presence Monitoring, July 2016

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    Migrant Presence Monitoring, July 2016
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  • Monthly Population Statistical Summary - April 2014

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    Monthly Population Statistical Summary - April 2014
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  • Monthly Population Statistical Summary - March 2014

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    Monthly Population Statistical Summary - March 2014
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  • Monthly Population Statistical Summary - February 2014

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    Monthly Population Statistical Summary - February 2014
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  • Refugees Ratio vs Total Population in Turkey (jpg)

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    Publish date: 26 July 2016 (1 month ago)
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  • Refugees Ratio vs Total Population in Turkey

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  • Syrian Refugees in Turkey

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  • UNHCR Global Presence

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    UNHCR Presence map
    Publish date: 4 July 2016 (2 months ago)
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  • Europe Refugee Emergency - UNHCR Presence

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    UNHCR Presence map
    Publish date: 12 February 2016 (7 months ago)
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  • Turkey Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan 2015-2016

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    Turkey Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan 2015-2016
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  • Turkey 3RP Regional Refugee & Resilience Plan 2016-2017

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    Turkey 3RP Regional Refugee & Resilience Plan 2016-2017
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  • Coordination Toolkit

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    Publish date: 19 May 2015 (1 year ago)
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  • 2015 Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP)

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    Publish date: 4 September 2014 (2 years ago)
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  • 3RP Regional Workshop Background & Information, 3-4 September 2014

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    3RP Regional Workshop Background & Information, 3-4 September 2014
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  • Turkey Regional Refugee & Resilience Plan 2016-2017

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    Turkey Regional Refugee & Resilience Plan 2016-2017
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  • TurkeyRegional Refugee & Resilience Plan 2016-2017

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    TurkeyRegional Refugee & Resilience Plan 2016-2017
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  • 3RP Regional Workshop Background & Information, 3-4 September 2014

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    3RP Regional Workshop Background & Information, 3-4 September 2014
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  • GBV Evaluation Report - Arabicversion

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    Publish date: 10 December 2015 (9 months ago)
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  • SGBV Prevention and Response Overview in MENA_Summary _Turkish

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    Publish date: 25 November 2015 (9 months ago)
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  • SGBV Prevention and Response Overview in MENA_Summary_FR

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    Publish date: 25 November 2015 (9 months ago)
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  • SGBV Prevention and Response Overview in MENA_Summary_Eng

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  • SGBV Prevention and Response Overview in MENA Arabic

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    Publish date: 25 November 2015 (9 months ago)
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  • Educational Needs Assessment for Urban Syrian Refugees in Turkey

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    Educational Needs Assessment for Urban Syrian Refugees in Turkey
    Publish date: 13 January 2015 (1 year ago)
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  • Rapid Gender and Protection Assessment Report Kobane Refugee Population, Suruç

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    Publish date: 24 October 2014 (1 year ago)
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  • Concern Worldwide's Needs Assessment Report of Syrian Non-Camp Refugees in Sanliurfa - December 2013

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    Publish date: 27 June 2014 (2 years ago)
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  • The Socioeconomic Impact of Syrian Urban Refugees in Gaziantep: An Initial Assessment

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    The Socioeconomic Impact of Syrian Urban Refugees in Gaziantep: An Initial Assessment
    Publish date: 5 March 2014 (2 years ago)
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  • Turkey and Syrian Refugees: The Limits of Hospitality

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    Turkey and Syrian Refugees: The Limits of Hospitality
    Publish date: 4 March 2014 (2 years ago)
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  • Toolkit for Communications with Communities

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    Toolkit for Communications with Communities
    Publish date: 25 July 2014 (2 years ago)
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  • Toolkit for Communications with Communities

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    Toolkit for Communications with Communities
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  • Communication with Communities - SOP template

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  • SOPs - Communicating with Persons of Concern

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    Publish date: 26 March 2014 (2 years ago)
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  • Mass Information Toolkit

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    Publish date: 3 December 2013 (2 years ago)
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  • Regional Public Health and Nutrition Strategy for Syrian Refugees - Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey - 2014-2015

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    Publish date: 15 May 2014 (2 years ago)
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  • Mass Information Toolkit

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    Publish date: 3 December 2013 (2 years ago)
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  • Turkey: UNHCR Update on Syrian Displacement 18 Feb 2013

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    Publish date: 18 February 2013 (3 years ago)
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  • Turkey: UNHCR Update on Syrian Displacement 15 Feb 2013

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  • Turkey: UNHCR Update on Syrian Displacement 14 Feb 2013

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  • Turkey: UNHCR Update on Syrian Displacement 13 Feb 2013

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  • Turkey: UNHCR Update on Syrian Displacement 12 Feb 2013

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      News

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    UNHCR to seek new help for refugees in Turkey, push resettlement

    Reuters, 16 Jan 2016

    The United Nations' refugee agency will seek additional resources for Turkey, the world's largest host of refugees, and push for more resettlement, its head said on Saturday, as the civil war in Syria is set to enter its sixth year. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called for a... Read more

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    UN refugee chief visits refugee camp in Turkey

    Anadolu Agency, 15 Jan 2016

    The new head of the UN’s refugee agency visited a camp in southeastern Turkey on Friday. Filippo Grandi, who became the High Commissioner for Refugees earlier this month, arrived at the camp in Gaziantep province’s Nizip district where some of the near 2.5 million refugees housed by Turkey are st... Read more

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    Seven factors behind movement of Syrian refugees to Europe

    UNHCR, 25 Sep 2015

    This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 25 September 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Additional Speaker: Amin Awad, Director UNHCR Bureau for Middle East & N.Africa / Regional Refugee Co... Read more

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    UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt calls for action on World Refugee Day

    UNHCR, 20 Jun 2015

    UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt has been commemorating World Refugee Day with Syrian refugees in Turkey, which has overtaken Pakistan to become the world's largest refugee-hosting nation with more than 1.77 million in urban areas and government-run camps. The Special Envoy and UN High Com... Read more

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    Statement by António Guterres on World Refugee Day 2015

    UNHCR, 20 Jun 2015

    Fifteen years into a millennium that many of us hoped would see an end to war, a spreading global violence has come to threaten the very foundations of our international system. More people fled last year than at any other time in our records. Around the world, almost 60 million have been displac... Read more

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       Turkey

    Capital
    Ankara
    Languages
    tr
    Population
    77,695,904
    Area
    769,630 km2
    GDP
    718,221,078,309 USD
    GDP growth
    3.98%
    Income level
    Upper middle income
    Gini index
    39
    Currency
    TRY
    Literacy rate
    N/A

      Highlights

    To formalize and strengthen UNHCR’s long-standing cooperation, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and High Commissioner Grandi signed a Host Country Agreement.
    01 Sep 2016
    UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited Turkey for the second time to meet with the Turkish authorities.
    31 Aug 2016
    UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met with students receiving DAFI and TOMER scholarships.
    31 Aug 2016
    WFP continues to support 150,000 Syrians through its e-card programme in eleven camps in the south-east of Turkey.
    31 Jul 2016
    Between the beginning of the off-camp programme in July 2015 and the end of June 2016, 130,000 Syrians received their WFP/TRC (Turkish Red Crescent) e-card.
    31 Jul 2016
    UNHCR and the Union of Turkish Bar Associations signed a memorandum of understanding.
    20 Jun 2016
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      Links

    AFAD, Disaster and Emergency Managemenet Presidency of the Prime Ministry
    Provides daily updates.
    MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Instant announcement of Minister's statements or press briefings
    unhcr.org in Turkey
    UNHCR Office public site
    DGMM, Ministry Of Interior Directorate General Of Migration Management
    Turkey Cash-Based Interventions Technical Working Group
    Access to all relevant information about Cash-Based Interventions in Turkey
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