Syrian Muhammed Al Zakret, 57, works in a hot drinks and coffee shop in an open public market in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Tuesday, April 29, 2023. Syrians fleeing their country's civil war were once welcomed in Turkey out of compassion, making the country home to the world’s largest refugee community. But as their numbers grew — and as Turkey began to grapple with a battered economy, including skyrocketing food and housing prices — so did calls for their return, with the repatriation of Syrians and other migrants has become a top theme in presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday, May 14. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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