The long Turkish-Syrian border is badly patrolled and now deliberately so, to facilitate the movement of fighters into Syria. But if you open a border people can of course cross in both directions.
This is probably the first mass flight of Syrian Kurds to Turkey but they were probably present in some numbers among the million or so who fled earlier.
The Turkish government has had much to do with the growth of ISIL, and it is far from clear that it has withdrawn its semi-surreptitious support for the group.
The long Turkish-Syrian border is badly patrolled and now deliberately so, to facilitate the movement of fighters into Syria. But if you open a border people can of course cross in both directions.
This is probably the first mass flight of Syrian Kurds to Turkey but they were probably present in some numbers among the million or so who fled earlier.
The Turkish government has had much to do with the growth of ISIL, and it is far from clear that it has withdrawn its semi-surreptitious support for the group.