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Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Hundreds of Yazidis are continuing to try to leave Turkey, where they took shelter after fleeing attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) across the border. Turkish security forces, meanwhile, keep stopping them from going to Europe. Photo: Özgür Ayaydın - DİYARBAKIR (Anadolu Agency)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
The latest round of the game started late on June 26, when Yazidis attempted to leave the southeastern city of Diyarbakır in buses but were halted by local gendermarie forces. Photo: Özgür Ayaydın - DİYARBAKIR (Anadolu Agency)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Several buses managed to sneak out of the city on June 27, but three days later Turkish security forces caught them both in Istanbul and Edirne, near the Bulgarian border. Photo: Uzay Kesmen - ISTANBUL (DHA)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
The authorities sent the refugees back to Nusaybin, a town near Turkey’s border with Syria. Photo: Salih Baran - EDİRNE (Anadolu Agency)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
“We’d like to thank the Turkish authorities, but we just want to leave here and go to Europe,” one Yazidi man told private broadcaster CNN Türk. Photo: Salih Baran - EDİRNE (Anadolu Agency)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Cihan Çetin - DİYARBAKIR (Anadolu Agency)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Cihan Çetin - DİYARBAKIR (Anadolu Agency)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Özgür Ayaydın - DİYARBAKIR (Anadolu Agency)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Özgür Ayaydın - DİYARBAKIR (Anadolu Agency)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Özgür Ayaydın - DİYARBAKIR (Anadolu Agency)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Özgür Ayaydın - DİYARBAKIR (Anadolu Agency)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Özgür Ayaydın - DİYARBAKIR (Anadolu Agency)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Uzay Kesmen - ISTANBUL (DHA)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Uzay Kesmen - ISTANBUL (DHA)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Engin Özmen - EDİRNE (DHA)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Engin Özmen - EDİRNE (DHA)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Engin Özmen - EDİRNE (DHA)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Engin Özmen - EDİRNE (DHA)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Uzay Kesmen - ISTANBUL (DHA)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Uzay Kesmen - ISTANBUL (DHA)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Uzay Kesmen - ISTANBUL (DHA)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Uzay Kesmen - ISTANBUL (DHA)
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
DHA photo
Fleeing ISIL for Europe, Yezidis stuck in Turkey
Turkish security forces have halted hundreds of ISIL-fleeing Yazidis from crossing into Europe. Click through for the photos of the tragic cat and mouse game taking place...
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