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One 31-year-old refugee said that he had to leave because Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s army was bombing in his neighbourhood.

Davutoğlu also called for the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, saying “Anyone thinking of a solution to the Syrian crisis must think of a Syria without Assad, a vicious tyrant killing indiscriminately with chemical weapons and barrel bombs”.

Turkey has seen tensions steadily rise in its restive southeast in recent months amid a spillover of conflict from Syria.

“What we need to do is to have solidarity with all the countries including Russian Federation to make a transition in Syria a peaceful transition” Davutoglu told a press conference on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York.

The announcement comes one day after Secretary of State John Kerry said the USA would raise its annual refugee cap from 70,000 to 85,000 to accommodate more Syrians fleeing their war-torn country.

The attacks took place in the district of Beytüşşebap in Şırnak province, one at 11 p.m. on Thursday night and the other at 5:40 a.m. early on Friday morning, a statement from the General Staff said. This province is close to Turkey’s border with Iraq.

Since the fighting broke out in 2011, more than four million Syrians have fled their homeland, according to the UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency.

It orders checks on Syrians’ documents at the entrance and exit to each province and asks law enforcement to tell transport companies that Syrians are not allowed to leave the provinces where they have registered without permission.

Their nationalities were not immediately known.

Russian Federation is yet to take necessary steps as to the Turkish stream.

A statement from Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s office said he had accepted their resignations and that neither would be immediately replaced, NTV channel reported.

The HDP said in a statement on Tuesday that Minister for EU Affairs Ali Haydar Konca and Minister of Development Muslum Dogan had resigned.

Greek coastguard spokesman Nikos Lagkadianos said 11 people were rescued from the boat that sank and a twelfth swam ashore in the early hours. The survivors say there were a total of 46 people on board.

UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said: “This may be the last opportunity for a coherent European response to manage a crisis that is increasing suffering and exploitation of refugees and migrants and tension between countries”.

Ms Fleming said it is “essential” that the 120,000 additional places are approved this week for any relocation programme to be considered “credible” but claimed that any scheme can not be effectively implemented without the creation of “adequate...