Syrians residing in Turkey topped the list of foreigners marrying Turkish citizens in the past year 2025. According to recent data from the Turkish Statistical Institute, Syrian spouses constituted 20.9% of all foreigners married to Turkish women last year. Similarly, Syrian wives made up 13.8% of the total number of foreign women married to Turkish men. In the same context, the institute's data showed that in the past year, Turkey witnessed 552,237 marriages, while 193,793 couples divorced. Regarding the average marriage age, it reached about 28.5 years for men and 26 years for women in 2025. Last week, Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Cheshichi announced that the number of Syrians who voluntarily returned to their homeland reached 1,366,215 people, emphasizing that the returnees have become 'ambassadors of our hearts.' The minister, according to the Turkish newspaper 'Aagel,' stated that irregular migration is one of the most prominent security threats globally, noting that Turkey, due to its geographical location, lies on an active migration route between East and West, North and South, which, in his words, necessitates a cautious and sustainable migration policy.
