Press Release
Being an Ansar Requires the Support of Syrian Immigrants in the Face of Campaigns of Violence and Killing
(Translated)

The Istanbul Governor’s Office made a press release on Sunday, 22nd July, entitled "Fight with Irregular Migration". The statement of the press conference, which was held in the wake of news that 400 Syrians had been deported across the border, announced the continued prosecution of irregular migrants entering Turkey and their deportation outside the borders. It also announced the deportation of foreigners of Syrian origin residing in Turkey with a temporary protection card, in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Interior, from the provinces where they reside to the provinces of their registration, Istanbul is closed to temporary protection registration. It also set 20 August 2019 a final date for the return of resident Syrians to the provinces from which they received the temporary protection card.

This statement, made by Istanbul Governor’s Office, the actions being carried out, the violence and killings that followed the recent campaigns of incitement and hatred directed against the displaced Syrians are all an indication of the result that has turned in favour of the enemies of immigrants. It have been achieved what the policies of nationalist and secular mentality wanted, and the slogans they raised in their campaigns that they will "cleanse the city of Al-Fateh - the ancient in Islam - of the Syrians". The goals of the nationalist and reformist parties, have been realized; cutting the bill for Turkey's economic crisis for Syrian. Finally, the owners of this mentality, which did not receive the share of the brotherhood of immigrants and supporters got what they wished for.

We are in the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Turkey in our press release issued on 2 July 2019 entitled "Campaign of Attacks Against Syrian Muslims is Unacceptable!” We asked the Justice and Development Party (AKP) this question: "Do those who raised the motto of the brotherhood of the “immigrants and supporters” when the Syrian revolution was at its peak, and who are now threatening to expel the Syrians, do they have a role in these campaigns of incitement and attacks? Does the defeat of those in the Istanbul elections have a role in this silence?" The repatriation and deportation procedures carried out by order of the Minister of the Interior and the statements of the Istanbul Governor have shown that the authority is no different in its thinking from the secular nationalist mentality. This authority crushed by the campaigns of violence and aggressive killing against Syrian immigrants, should have, if it claims otherwise, not to deport Syrian migrants who are subjected to violent and murder campaigns, but to protect them and stand by them. If these power holders claim to be true supporters, they should remember the speech of the President of the Republic of Turkey, Erdogan, in Gaziantep in 2014, where he said: "Despite all that is said, you are not a burden on us. The guest in our civilization, in our culture, in our customs and traditions is blessing and honour". So, what has changed between then and now.?! Has he eliminated the massacres carried out by the Syrian regime? Or has the revolution reached its victory with Turkish support? Russia, the Turkish partner in Astana and Sochi, is shelling the markets of Idlib and civilian accommodation, and the Turkish state on the other hand is handcuffing migrants and sending them to Idlib. Or the look at the Syrian brothers in the first place was not with the eyes of the immigrants, but as political tools, and when their role ended they became a burden, and they decided to hand them over to the hands of the oppressors?

[وَالسَّابِقُونَ الْاَوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِر۪ينَ وَالْاَنْصَارِ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اتَّبَعُوهُمْ بِاِحْسَانٍۙ رَضِيَ اللّٰهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ وَاَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْر۪ي تَحْتَهَا الْاَنْهَارُ خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَٓا اَبَداًۜ ذٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظ۪يمُ]

“And the first forerunners [in the faith] among the Muhajireen and the Ansar and those who followed them with good conduct - Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him, and He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. That is the great attainment.” [At-Tawba: 100]

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Turkey