One interesting this is that 85% of the “refugees” are from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Only a couple percent are from Syria.
Turkey could end the war in Syria tomorrow, and the Syrian refugees could be home within a week or two. They just have to want to end it.
Putin is trying to get Iranian influence / occupation in Syria to end, and also wants to dig his hooks deeper into Turkey, so he's been doing all he can to keep the pot boiling. So is Iran. Not too sure the mullahcracy is going to survive much longer, what a shame, but Turkey's about the same size as Iran, and has brighter economic prospects than Iran or Syria.