"There is indeed palpable reaction towards the refugees in general in certain provinces, especially in south and southeast Anatolia, where in some cases the number of Syrians exceeds that of the locals," Mehmet Enes Beser, an expert on migration issues, told Xinhua.
But Beser, director of the Bosphorus Migration Studies, a think-tank that is known for deeper analysis of migration, said that this dislike of Syrian refugees among the Turkish population has not become a general hostility towards refugees.
He regretted that the government has not fully explained to the population the implication that such an influx of refugee would have on the social and economic fabric of the country.
Turkey's opposition parties have been asking for greater transparency in Turkey's refugee spending, blaming the government for not preparing the people for the inevitable: the massive inflow of Syrian refugees into Turkey.
Many Syrians in Turkey avoid revealing their nationalities, fearing that they could face backlash from Turkish citizens in some neighborhoods.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened his country's border to Syrian refugees when the war began in Syria in 2011 and has declared that his country had already spent 35 billion U.S. dollars for resettling them. He has changed his discourse in recent months, speaking of an assisted voluntary return of the Syrian refugees.
Some 320,000 Syrians have so far returned to their hometowns as the result of two Turkish military operations in northern Syria to wipe out terrorist elements, after which reconstruction started, said Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu.
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