Turkey to set up tent city for up to 80,000 refugees

Turkey will set up a tent city to accommodate up to 80,000 Syrian refugees fleeing Aleppo, the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek posted on his Twitter page.

There are currently around 2.7 million Syrians in Turkey, which Simsek described as the country hosting the most refugees in the world. He did not provide any further details, Reuters reports.