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Stefania D'Ignoti

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Future unknown but syrians in turkey relieved after erdogan win - The Untold Story

Celebrations in Gaziantep, Turkey, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won re-election [Carola Cappellari/ Al Jazeera]

Gaziantep, Turkey — Hatim al-Abdullah, a dual Syrian-Turkish citizen, voted for the first time in Turkey’s elections in May, which returned longtime leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a five-year presidential term.

“I voted for Erdogan also to protect my family,” al-Abdullah, 25, told Al Jazeera in Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey, in the hope that his parents and three siblings will have a future in their adoptive home.

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