ANKARA More than 474,00 Syrians who fled to Türkiye during the rule of Bashar al-Assad have returned home since he was overthrown in December 2024, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced. Some 474,018 Syrians have returned to date, with the pace of returns accelerating in recent weeks, Yerlikaya said on X. Since 2016, the number of Syrians who have voluntarily returned from Türkiye has reached 1.2 million, the minister noted. "Türkiye, as it did yesterday, continues to stand by