ANKARA

Turkey’s president on Saturday urged the world to respect its security concerns and to support its projects to ensure the return of Syrian refugees.

Speaking at a meeting of officials from a football club in Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: “If the world does not support our projects to ensure the return of Syrian refugees, we have no choice but to open out border gates with Europe”

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