Fuat Oktay

Close to 230,000 refugees from Kobane and Sinjar that have fled to Turkey due to jihadist attacks on their homes will not be given anything but emergency healthcare in Turkey, according to a circular by an official prime ministerial agency, several media outlets have reported.

Turkey's relief agency said Aug. 15 it was time for the world to start "sharing the burden" for the 1.2 million Syrian refugees it is hosting, especially those living outside of refugee camps.

Turkey has been doing its best to reach out to Iraqi Turkmens caught in the middle of sectarian strife in neighboring Iraq, the head of a government aid agency has said, in an apparent response to criticism that the government has been ignoring the plight of Turkmens.