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Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey reaches 132,920 - Trend.Az

Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey reaches 132,920

The Prime Ministry's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) has announced that the country is currently hosting 132,920 Syrian refugees who have fled the 20-month civil war in their country Today`s Zaman reported.

In a written statement released on Monday, AFAD noted that the total number of refugee camps in Turkey is 13: five tent cities in Hatay province, three in Gaziantep, two in Şanlıurfa and one each in Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye and Adıyaman. There is also a container city with the capacity to shelter 12,000 Syrians in the southern Kilis province.

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