BBC, Feb 8, 2016– Turkish aid workers have been setting up tents and distributing supplies for thousands of new Syrian refugees kept from entering Turkey at the border.
Some 35,000 people fled a Syrian government offensive in the Aleppo area last week, trying to enter Turkey’s Kilis border region.

Turkey already shelters more than 2.5 million refugees from Syria’s war.
Turkey is trying a balancing act between providing sanctuary to those fleeing Syria’s war and reducing the numbers of refugees travelling to Europe.
“Turkey has reached its capacity to absorb refugees,” he said, “but we will still take them in.” Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said.
The EU is giving mixed messages, calling one day for Turkey to allow in those fleeing persecution but the next voicing frustration that Turkey is not doing enough to stem the refugee flow to Europe. Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel will be in Ankara on Monday to talk it through.
Aid officials at the Oncupinar border crossing told Reuters news agency their efforts for now were focused on getting aid to the camps on the Syrian side of the border.
“We’re extending our efforts inside Syria to supply shelter, food and medical assistance to people,” an unnamed official from the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation said.

“We are already setting up another camp. At the moment all our preparations are to make sure these people are comfortable on the Syrian side of the border.”
One refugee, Mouhammed Idris, told Reuters: “We came to the camps with children, including [those] only a month old. We are turning to Turkey where there is safety and no bombing.

Refugees have been receiving aid from the Turkish Islamic aid group IHH

Mr Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey was ready to open its gates to Syrian refugees “if necessary”.
About 4.6 million people have fled Syria since the civil war began in 2011. Another 13.5 million are said to be in need of humanitarian assistance inside the country.