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APA - Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey exceeds 152,000

Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey exceeds 152,000

Baku-APA. A total of 152,051 Syrian refugees are currently taking shelter in Turkey after fleeing clashes in their country, a Turkish official statement said Monday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

Turkey has set up five tent cities in Hatay, two in Sanliurfa, three in Gaziantep and one each in Osmaniye, Kahramanmaras and Adiyaman and one container city in Kilis, according to the statement issued by the Turkish Prime Ministry's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD).

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