audio, stills, text and or video: Go to zReportage.com to see more - The fierce battle for the northern Syrian border town of Kobani has now entered its 42nd day and caused hundreds of thousands of residents to flee. The Islamic State's assault last month on the majority Kurdish town, caused the area's roughly 400,000 residents to flee to the safety of Suruc just inside Turkey. The refugees have settled in empty buildings and tent camps that fill as soon as they are erected, roughly doubling the size of the town. Kurdish forces, backed by US air power, have been holding out for weeks against an Islamic State offensive around Kobani, which has become a symbol of efforts to stop the advance of the jihadists. Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Turkey has become a refuge for almost 900,000 Syrians fleeing fighting. However, its relations with the Kurdish population of Syria have been the most fraught, as a decades-long insurgency by Kurdish militants keeps relations strained between the two sides.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - A significant number of refugees stay. They have been placed in the tent areas, construction areas, mosques and a wedding hall in the city.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - A reflection in water shows refugees at the camp. A significant number of refugees stay. They have been placed in the tent areas, construction areas, mosques and a wedding hall in the city.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - Turkish military clash with Kurdish protestors who support the Kobani city near the Syrian border near Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - The advancement of the terrorist group ISIL started a year ago when it took over the villages at Ceylanpnar checkpoint. The fast progressing group has recently been trying to take over Kobane, which is a very significant point for the ethnic Kurdish in the area. The clashes at Kobane have been going on for more than 3 weeks with the city is under siege and the death toll is unknown.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - People watch airstrikes on the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, as seen from the Turkish-Syrian border near Suruc, in Urfa, in Turkey.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - People attack a media car (BBC) at the Turkish-Syrian border near Suruc.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - Turkish military clash with Kurdish protestors who support the Kobani city near the Syrian border near Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - A small group of YPG fighters resti in the Bethi town in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - A significant number of the refugees stay in Suruc. Nearly 200,000 refugees from Kobane have entered Turkey since the ISIL onset began a month ago.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - A significant number of the refugees stay in Suruc.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - Hundreds of people in the Turkish village of Suruc, near the border town of Kobane in northern Syria, accompany the coffins of three Kurdish fighters who died while battling ISIS militants.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - Hundreds of people in the Turkish village of Suruc, near the border town of Kobane in northern Syria, accompany the coffins of three Kurdish fighters who died while battling ISIS militants.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - Hundreds of people in the Turkish village of Suruc, near the border town of Kobane in northern Syria, accompany the coffins of three Kurdish fighters who died while battling ISIS militants.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - Hundreds of people in the Turkish village of Suruc, near the border town of Kobane in northern Syria, accompany the coffins of three Kurdish fighters who died while battling ISIS militants.
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Oct. 8, 2014 - Sanliurfa, Turkey - Hundreds of people in the Turkish village of Suruc, near the border town of Kobane in northern Syria, accompany the coffins of three Kurdish fighters who died while battling ISIS militants.
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