Turkey's Refugee Crisis Is Coming to a Head

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Turkey hosts three point seven million syrians and several hundred thousand people from afghanistan. Their presence has long been a source of simmering tension. With parliamentary and presidential elections coming up next year, there are fears that tensions may soon boil over. Pyotr zalevski writes about turkey for the economist to have a look at what these tensions feel like.

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