ANKARA
A total of 134 people have been detained by Turkish security forces for illegally entering the country and neighboring Bulgaria, Greece and Syria, officials have said.
The Turkish Armed Forces said in an official statement online on Saturday: "Eighty six Syrian and six Chinese nationals were caught at the Syrian border Friday as they attempted to illegally cross into Turkey."
Turkish border troops also captured two Turkish nationals trying to illegally cross into Syria in addition to five Syrian and six Turkish nationals attempting to illegally cross into Turkey from Iraq.
A Palestinian national was captured for attempted illegal entry into Greece, and 19 Syrians, six Afghans, two Iraqis and one Turkish national for attempted illegal entry into Bulgaria, the statement said.
Turkish gendarmes also caught 83 people who did not meet legal requirements to stay in the country, it added.
