As Syrian workers return home from Turkey, local businesses feel the loss

Syrians who have been living in Turkey on their way back to their country, at the Cilvegozu border crossing gate in Reyhanli on 12 December, 2024. AFP - YASIN AKGUL

While polls say the majority of Turkish people welcome the departure of Syrians displaced by the civil war, Turkey's business owners are feeling the pinch with the loss of their workforce.

With the end of the Syrian civil war, Turkey claims that nearly a million refugees who were living there have already returned home.