More than 1,000 Syrians flee to Turkey
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![A refugee camp is seen in the Turkish border town of Yayladagi in Hatay province June 8, 2011. [Xinhua/AFP]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20110609/000cf1a48b7f0f5aeeb401.jpg "A refugee camp is seen in the Turkish border town of Yayladagi in Hatay province June 8, 2011. [Xinhua/AFP]") |
| A refugee camp is seen in the Turkish border town of Yayladagi in Hatay province June 8, 2011. [Xinhua/AFP] |
A total of 1,050 Syrians have left the violence-shadowed northern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour to neighboring Turkey in the past 24 hours, local media reported Thursday.
The people took shelter in south Turkey's border province of Hatay and the number of refugees in the tent city set up by the Turkish Red Crescent in Yayladagi town of Hatay reached 1,577, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
The refugees were receiving medical checks as well as distribution of food, blankets and clothes from the Red Crescent, said the report.
Another tent city will be set up for more refugee inflow, it said.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Turkey will not "close its doors" to Syrians fleeing from unrest in their country, while urging Damascus to "change its attitude towards civilians" and "take its attitude to a more tolerant level as soon as possible."
Syria has been in unrest for more than two months after the anti-government demonstrations started in the southern province of Daraa. The protests have spread to several other Syrian cities, leading to deaths of both protesters and policemen.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has responded to the country's unprecedented anti-government protests by offering some concessions, including lifting the state of emergency which had been in place since 1963, releasing hundreds of political detainees and reshuffling the government.
In the latest development, the Syrian government said up to 120 security personnel were killed in the town of Jisr al-Shughour on Monday during attacks by armed gangs.
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