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The Grand Turk
Turkey Stops Hundreds of Syrians on Black Sea
2017-09-11
[AnNahar] Ottoman Turkish authorities said Sunday they stopped 313 migrants colonists on the Black Sea attempting to reach Balkan countries in the last two days, suggesting the emergence of an alternative route to Europe.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's coasties said it stopped a fishing boat carrying 93 Syrians and one Afghan off the northern coast of Istanbul. The coasties says they were with a suspected Ottoman Turkish smuggler.

The coasties also intercepted 68 Syrians and two Iranians in a sailboat with one alleged Ottoman Turkish smuggler 36 nautical miles east of Bulgaria on Saturday.

Late Friday, an official vessel stopped 149 Syrians and two Ukrainians thought to be smugglers in a fishing boat emitting a distress signal 14 nautical miles east of Romania.

The migrants colonists and suspects were brought to northwestern Kirklareli province in Turkey for processing.
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