UNHCR Background Paper on Refugees and Asylum Seekers from Turkey

This information paper was prepared by UNHCR on the basis of publicly available information, analysis and comment, in collaboration with the UNHCR Statistical Unit. All sources are cited. This paper is not, and does not purport to be, fully exhaustive with regard to conditions in the country surveyed, or conclusive as to the merits of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.