SANA article below the horizontal line is enough to grasp the summary, but it is worth reading the original. Try to understand Turkish by using Google Translation.
Here is my poor translation from Turkish to English (may contain mistakes.)
A Turkish film director, Semir Aslanyürek, who was born in Antakya, Hatay province,
when the Syrian event began in mid-March 2011, I entered Syria to know the truth. The demonstrations were small in size. I saw a group of women who wore black niqab demanding "freedom." I asked them what kind of freedom they want. They replied they want "freedom not to wear niqab." Unlike Saudi Arabia, such kind of freedom is guaranteed in Syria, so I didn't understand their demand at all. They should demand to their husbands, not to the government.
I talked with a lot of Syrian refugees. The living condition in the camp is good, but they are not happy at all. All of them replied in the same manner. When I asked them what they want, they didn't have a word to answer. My friend advised me not to ask them what they want, but I should ask them how much they want.
They came to Turkey to receive the money they were promised to receive.
To come to Turkey was just a "gold ruch" for the refugees.
When they knew that the promise was not fulfilled, many (around 15,000) out of 20,000 returned to Syria. A Syrian female lawyer (or just a graduate of law faculty) were not allowed to return.
The Turkish government accepted 40,000 of Afghan refugees in Hatay province (related article). The government prepared a few hundred square meters of land and a house per one refugee family. The refugees are talking about who will be offered which 2-story housing.
(Since Hatay enjoys liberal atmosphere with high percentage of Alawi (Alevi in Turkish and Christian) population, the acceptance of 40 thousands of Sunni fundamentalist Afghans has a very big sociopolitical impact. I may have to flee to Syria in the future.
(Note: In 1970 - 80s, the Syrian government intentionally prompted many Alawis to emigrate to Homs city, and Tripoli of Lebanon where fundamentalist Sunni form the majority. So he says that the Turkish government is doing the same in Hatay. In Hatay, there are a lot of al-Assad supporters.)
Among Syrian refugees, some expected money, others dreamt of emigration. But what caused them to have took refuge in Turkey was a military threat by armed gangs. Early in the Syrian event, the facebook and al-Jazeerah claimed that the Syrian army and security shot people from rooftops. This is illogical and a big lie. Snipers were militant Muslim Brotherhood in Turkey, and they shot at people.
In short, everything was prepared in advance in accordance with a scenario. There was an agreement of roles to play and payment, and a new film was released. Aside from the film itself, many cut, a military ship (off Latakia), and statements regularly released from the Muslim Brotherhood were carefully prepared, and then released to the public for promotion.
But the unexpected thing happened. (The Syrian society is much firmer than the western experts forecast, Since the Syrian society did not collapsed,) the expense for promotion exceeded their budget. Even in the Hollywood, the budget for the film itself is larger than that for promotion.
In Yayladağı camp, more than 20 ambulances enters everyday without exception. I witnessed this myself. The ambulances come and go between the camp on the border zone and Antakya city. They don't transfer the wounded, but they transfer pregnant women for abortion. It is widely rumoured that there are more than 200 pregnant women in the camp, but this information cannot be verified. (news of rape 1, news 2)
Really very worrying information are being circulated. Many people claim that these ambulances carry weapons into the camps. I don't know who is doing for what purposes. There are much worse rumours. Will a civil war occur in Hatay and will a segment of the society be forced to exile?
We have a right to know. The truth must be revealed.
Turkish Director: Presence of Large Numbers of Syrian Refugees in Turkey before Events in Syria Prove Pre-Planned Conspiracy
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/10/24/377643.htm
Oct 24, 2011 Read original in Turkish (cache)
ANKARA, (SANA) – Turkish Director, Semir Aslanyurek, stressed on Monday that the fact that thousands of people from Jisr al-Shughour and other towns took refuge in the Turkish borders before events outbreak in Syria proves that the refugees' issue has already been prepared.
In an interview with Sol Postal website, Aslanyurek said that he has documented information that prove the Turkish authorities allow only Turkish officials to visit the Syrian refugee camps, while the refugees are not satisfied because of the Turkish unfulfilled promises.
He noted that the refugees do not know what they want, and if they were asked about that, they would answer they only want their wages which the Turkish Government promised to pay.
The director described those people's endeavor to reach the Turkish camps as "rushing for gold", adding that those people did not find there anything they have dreamt of, which is why they decided to come back home; however the Turkish authorities did not allow them to come back.
He stressed that some refugees were forced to go to the Turkish camps by armed terrorist groups, pointing out that what happened is "a scenario written in advance".
Aslanyurek added that he saw in his own eyes more than 20 ambulance vehicles entering the refugee camps in one day, noting the vehicles cannot be used to succor patients or wounded refugees because of a fight.
He stressed that some people said that the vehicles were carrying weapons into the camps.
Another Turkish plot against Syria
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