TURKEY has evacuated an entire town after a horror mortar attack from ISIS militants.
Thousands fled after the government announced the evacuation over loudspeakers, according to local reports.
Minibuses were sent in to transport those without easy access to cars in the Karkarmis.
The town lies across the border from an ISIS stronghold which is locked in battle with Syrian rebels, flanked by Russia's Putin who pledged to annihilate the militants.
It was alleged that the rocket attack was in retaliation after Turkey pledged support for the Free Syrian Army.
A rebel force is preparing for an offensive.
Turkey blamed ISIS for a horrific attack on a wedding which killed dozens in south Turkey last week.
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Officials said a 12-year-old suicide bomber walked into the party in Gaziantep and killed 54 – maiming dozens more.
Most of the victims were aged under 14, President Tayyip Erdogan said.
It was the deadliest in a series of horrific attacks on the country this year.
The Foreign Office have advised Brits to be extremely weary while travelling to the country.
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