Latest from Syrian border, Yayladagi camp after thousands flee violence

(17 Jun 2011) Guvecci village, Hatay province 1. Wide of Turkey-Syria border 2. Various of vans and makeshift tents on Syrian side of the border (seen from Guvecci village) 3. Various of Turkish military base Yayladagi, Hatay province 4. Wide of tents at refugee camp 5. Various of tents and refugees in camp 6. Wide of medical tents in Yayladagi camp (seen from outside closed gates) 7. Medical tent 8. Medicines on table inside tent 9. Nurse walking past medical tent 10. Wide of refugee camp 11. Various of refugees in camp 12. Wide of camp Boynuyogun, Hatay province 13. Wide pan of tents in refugee camp 14. Various wide shots of refugees walking in camp 15. Soldier next to police car outside camp entrance 16. Various wide shots of tents Altinozu, Hatay province 17. Police car outside entrance to Altinozu refugee camp 18. Refugees inside camp 19. Wide of refugees inside camp, police and officials outside camp entrance 20. Police and officials outside camp entrance 21. Wide of camp entrance STORYLINE: Turkish officials are preparing to send food, clean water, medicine and other aid to thousands of Syrians stranded on the Syrian side of the border who are fleeing a violent crackdown in the north of the country. The unusual plan for a cross-border operation on Syrian soil appeared to have Syrian clearance, being announced by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu after he met an envoy from President Bashar Assad's regime on Thursday. Many people have set up makeshift camps in the border area inside Syria, where they don't have easy access to food and other supplies. Some 8,000 Syrians, mainly from the northwestern province of Idlib, have already crossed the border and sought refuge in Turkish camps. Many are living in tented communities in Guvecci, Yayladagi, Boynuyogun and Altinozu. Turkish police are guarding the camps, where Turkish aid agencies are providing refugees with food, shelter and medical assistance. Many refugees have fled the town of Jisr al-Shughour, which has been sealed off by Syrian troops as part of an operation to crush signs of dissent against Assad. Human rights activists say more than 1,400 Syrians have died and some 10-thousand have been detained as the government has struggled to put down the three-month-old national upheaval. The refugee influx into Turkey is deeply embarrassing for Syria, one of the most tightly controlled societies in the Middle East. Syria and Turkey share an 850 kilometre (520-mile) border. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...