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Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Three groups of refugees, including children, embarked on the dangerous cruise early June 4 from the southwestern Turkish resort of Bodrum to the Greek island of Kos, which is only 13 miles away.
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Turkish gendarmerie forces, who were patrolling the area, spotted 60 refugees at 04.00 a.m. as they were departing the coast in the Aspat area of Bodrum with a 8-meter dinghy.
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Despite life-threatening conditions on the sea, refugees on the dinghy resisted the gendarmerie, who tried to take them back to the Turkish coast to detain them.
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Some refugees from one boat fell into the sea were saved, and in the end all 60 refugees on the boat were brought back to the Turkish coast and there detained by police.
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Refugees in two other boats, however, managed to dodge the Turkish coast guard, though some of them also fell into the sea.
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Meanwhile, another refugee group of 30 refugees left Turkey from the nearby Fener (Lantern) Cape at around 04.30 a.m., traveling in an 8-meter dinghy. The engine of the dinghy stopped working off the Turkish coast and two people from the dinghy jumped into the sea.
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Soon, the group fixed the problem and brought the two refugees back into the boat. The Turkish coast guard warned the group to return to the coast but it could not catch the speeding dinghy, which reached the coast of Kos soon afterward.
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
A third group of refugees left the Bitez area of Bodrum at 05.00 a.m. in similar conditions. Their dinghy stopped working after reaching Greek waters, and the Greek coast guard suıbsequently detained all refugees on board and took them to Kos
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Photos: DHA - YASAR ANTER / BODRUM)
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Bracing death, two groups of Syrian refugees have crossed the Aegean in a dinghy after Turkey’s security forces managed to detain another group on the Turkish shore. Here are the Doğan News Agency photos.
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