Batman Gendarmerie Command

Turkey has captured more than 500 migrants for illegal border crossings in multiple provinces around the country over the past three days.

In the northwestern province of Çanakkale, 285 migrants of Syrian and Afghan origin, who were attempting to cross to the Greek island of Lesbos, were captured in Çanakkale's Ayvac?k district on Oct. 14, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.