More than 130,000 Syrian Kurds have crossed the border into Turkey in the past three days as they flee the advance of Islamic State militants, according to the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister.
Numan Kurtulmus said his government was now 'prepared for the worst scenario, which is an influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees'.
The Turkish government has closed many of its border posts with Syria to stop huge numbers of Kurdish refugees entering the country.
There are also reports that Turkey wants to stop Kurds crossing into Syria to join the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants.
There were clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish protesters, with two people said to have been hospitalised.
Around 100,000 refugees have crossed into Turkey since the middle of last week as they flee the advance of IS.
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