The Turkish government has given $6.3 million of financial support to 42 projects under an inter-regional cooperation program between Turkey and Syria.
Turkey's State Planning Organization earmarked $10 million of finance for the program covering the southeastern Turkish cities of Gaziantep and Kilis and Aleppo city of Syria.
The construction of an Arabic Language Education Center and a Syria-Turkey Trade and Communication Office, Signalization Project, the Restoration of Rumkale Historical Area, Renovation of 2000-year old Mosaic Art, Education for the Handicapped, and Feasibility Works for Akcakoyunlu Border Trade Center are some of those projects Turkey has extended financial support.
The program has been initiated in 2006 between Turkey's State Planning Organization and the Syrian Arab Republic State Planning Commission under the inter-regional cooperation program