About 2,000 Syrians fleeing violence in their homeland have crossed intoTurkey in the past 48 hours, a significant increase in the number of Syrian refugees now taking shelter in Turkey, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Selçuk Ünal said the latest wave of arrivals had brought the total number of Syrian refugees in Turkeyto about 29,500, the highest taking shelter in Turkey at one time since the start of the uprising some 15 months ago.
Among the 2,000 new refugees were 43 wounded people who have been hospitalized in Turkey, Ünal said.
Turkey has given shelter to more than 50,000 Syrians since March 2011 but thousands have since returned to their homes in Syria.
