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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Paul Benjamin Osterlund

As Turkey’s economic crisis grows, politicians spar over refugees

Umit Ozdag, the leader of the far-right Victory Party, has attracted attention over his anti-refugee rhetoric [File: Burhan Ozbilici/AP Photo]

Istanbul, Turkey – Amid a deepening economic crisis in Turkey, anger is growing towards the millions of refugees living in the country, with tensions threatening to spill over in recent weeks.

Videos of large groups of foreign nationals hanging out in various places of Istanbul are being shared with rising frequency on Twitter, with thousands of people taking to social media to express alarm and calling for refugees to be sent back to their countries.

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