ANKARA
Turkish Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) announced on Tuesday that there were 107,769 Syrians currently staying in Turkey after fleeing clashes in their country.
In a written statement released Tuesday, AFAD reminded that they set up 5 tent cities in Hatay, 2 in Sanliurfa, 3 in Gaziantep and one each in Osmaniye, Kahramanmaras and Adiyaman and one container city in Kilis.
AFAD said that Syrian citizens taking shelter in Turkey were provided with lodging, food, health services, security, social activities, education, religious services, translation services and communications.
It was said that 152,051 Syrians fled to Turkey so far but 44,282 of them returned to Syria.
Syrians are provided meal three times a day, AFAD also said.
