BALIKESIR President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Dec. 27 that Türkiye has emerged "with a clean face" on its handling of Syrian refugees, amid the backdrop of the recent ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "We stood in the right place in Syria . For 13 years, we protected our brotherhood law, protected the oppressed and we were vindicated," Erdoğan said at an event in the western city of Balıkesir. His comments come as thousands of Syrian refugees in Türkiye attempt to return to their