2 8 ANKARA ANKARA NNP 8 9 , , , 10 13 Dec Dec NNP 14 16 15 15 CD 17 18 ( ( ( 18 21 A.A A.A NNP 21 22 ) ) ) 23 24 - - HYPH 25 33 Interior Interior NNP 34 42 Minister Minister NNP 43 48 Rustu Rustu NNP 49 54 Kazim Kazim NNP 55 62 Yucelen Yucelen NNP 63 71 released release VBD 72 73 a a DT 74 80 decree decree NN 81 83 on on IN 84 92 Saturday Saturday NNP 92 93 , , , 94 97 and and CC 98 107 announced announce VBD 108 116 measures measure NNS 117 119 to to TO 120 122 be be VB 123 128 taken take VBN 129 136 against against IN 137 144 illegal illegal JJ 145 154 migration migration NN 155 157 by by IN 158 161 sea sea NN 161 162 . . . 169 172 The the DT 173 179 decree decree NN 180 184 said say VBD 185 189 that that IN 190 195 human human JJ 196 205 smuggling smuggling NN 206 215 incidents incident NNS 216 220 from from IN 221 224 the the DT 225 232 Turkish turkish JJ 233 239 coasts coast NNS 240 242 to to TO 243 248 Greek greek JJ 249 256 islands island NNS 256 257 , , , 258 263 Italy Italy NNP 264 267 and and CC 268 274 France France NNP 275 284 increased increase VBD 285 293 recently recently RB 294 297 due due JJ 298 300 to to TO 301 309 economic economic JJ 309 310 , , , 311 317 social social JJ 318 321 and and CC 322 331 political political JJ 332 339 reasons reason NNS 339 340 . . . 347 349 It it PRP 350 354 said say VBD 355 359 that that IN 360 363 the the DT 364 369 Coast Coast NNP 370 375 Guard Guard NNP 376 381 units unit NNS 382 385 had have VBD 386 397 intercepted intercept VBN 398 399 a a DT 400 405 total total NN 406 408 of of IN 409 410 6 6 CD 411 419 thousand thousand CD 420 423 743 743 CD 424 434 foreigners foreigner NNS 435 440 since since IN 441 448 January January NNP 449 450 1 1 CD 450 451 , , , 452 456 1996 1996 CD 456 457 . . . 458 463 2,816 2,816 CD 464 466 of of IN 467 472 these these DT 473 483 foreigners foreigner NNS 484 488 were be VBD 489 497 captured capture VBN 498 500 in in IN 501 504 the the DT 505 510 first first JJ 511 513 11 11 CD 514 520 months month NNS 521 523 of of IN 524 528 2001 2001 CD 528 529 . . . 536 539 The the DT 540 545 Coast Coast NNP 546 551 Guard Guard NNP 552 559 Command Command NNP 560 563 has have VBZ 564 568 been be VBN 569 576 working work VBG 577 579 on on IN 580 581 a a DT 582 588 report report NN 589 591 to to TO 592 596 give give VB 597 605 detailed detailed JJ 606 617 information information NN 618 623 about about IN 624 627 its its PRP$ 628 638 activities activity NNS 639 646 against against IN 647 652 human human JJ 653 662 smuggling smuggling NN 663 666 and and CC 667 673 number number NN 674 676 of of IN 677 687 foreigners foreigner NNS 688 699 intercepted intercept VBN 700 707 between between IN 708 715 January January NNP 716 717 1 1 CD 718 721 and and CC 722 730 November November NNP 731 733 26 26 CD 733 734 , , , 735 739 2001 2001 CD 739 740 . . . 747 756 According accord VBG 757 759 to to TO 760 763 the the DT 764 770 report report NN 770 771 , , , 772 779 Turkish turkish JJ 780 783 and and CC 784 789 Greek greek JJ 790 797 flagged flagged JJ 798 803 ships ship NNS 803 804 , , , 805 812 fishing fishing NN 813 818 boats boat NNS 819 822 and and CC 823 828 speed speed NN 829 834 boats boat NNS 835 839 were be VBD 840 844 used use VBN 845 847 by by IN 848 853 human human JJ 854 863 smugglers smuggler NNS 863 864 . . . 871 873 “ `` `` 873 877 Most most JJS 878 880 of of IN 881 884 the the DT 885 892 illegal illegal JJ 893 902 migration migration NN 903 912 incidents incident NNS 913 915 by by IN 916 919 sea sea NN 920 928 happened happen VBN 929 931 in in IN 932 939 western western JJ 940 949 provinces province NNS 950 952 of of IN 953 958 Izmir Izmir NNP 958 959 , , , 960 965 Aydin Aydin NNP 966 969 and and CC 970 975 Mugla Mugla NNP 975 976 . . . 977 979 28 28 CD 980 983 out out IN 984 986 of of IN 987 989 63 63 CD 990 999 incidents incident NNS 1000 1004 were be VBD 1005 1013 reported report VBN 1014 1016 in in IN 1017 1023 Bodrum Bodrum NNP 1024 1032 township township NN 1033 1035 of of IN 1036 1041 Mugla Mugla NNP 1041 1042 . . . 1043 1048 These these DT 1049 1058 incidents incident NNS 1059 1068 generally generally RB 1069 1077 increase increase VBP 1078 1080 in in IN 1081 1087 spring spring NN 1088 1091 and and CC 1092 1096 fall fall NN 1096 1097 . . . 1098 1105 Turkish turkish JJ 1106 1114 citizens citizen NNS 1115 1119 from from IN 1120 1128 southern southern JJ 1129 1132 and and CC 1133 1145 southeastern southeastern JJ 1146 1155 provinces province NNS 1156 1165 accounted account VBD 1166 1169 for for IN 1170 1172 31 31 CD 1173 1180 percent percent NN 1180 1181 . . . 1182 1187 Iraqi Iraqi NNP 1188 1191 and and CC 1192 1198 Afghan Afghan NNP 1199 1209 immigrants immigrant NNS 1210 1218 followed follow VBD 1219 1223 them them PRP 1223 1224 . . . 1225 1231 Having have VBG 1232 1238 regard regard NN 1239 1241 to to TO 1242 1245 the the DT 1246 1250 fact fact NN 1251 1255 that that IN 1256 1260 95.1 95.1 CD 1261 1268 percent percent NN 1269 1271 of of IN 1272 1279 foreign foreign JJ 1280 1290 immigrants immigrant NNS 1291 1295 were be VBD 1296 1302 coming come VBG 1303 1307 from from IN 1308 1315 African african JJ 1316 1319 and and CC 1320 1326 Middle Middle NNP 1327 1334 Eastern Eastern NNP 1335 1344 countries country NNS 1344 1345 , , , 1346 1348 it it PRP 1349 1356 becomes become VBZ 1357 1361 more more RBR 1362 1371 difficult difficult JJ 1372 1374 to to TO 1375 1382 prevent prevent VB 1383 1390 illegal illegal JJ 1391 1400 migration migration NN 1401 1405 from from IN 1406 1411 under under IN 1412 1421 developed developed JJ 1422 1431 countries country NNS 1432 1434 to to TO 1435 1443 European european JJ 1444 1453 countries country NNS 1454 1457 via via IN 1458 1467 Turkey,“ Turkey,“ NNP 1468 1470 it it PRP 1471 1476 added add VBD 1476 1477 . . .