"They hit us with a metal rod for four to five hours. They beat us so badly."
A Syrian man was killed on Sunday and others were severely injured after being beaten and abused by Turkish gendarmerie while trying to cross the Syrian-Turkish border in search of work.
Millions of Syrians have crossed the border into Turkey since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011.
Although the Turkish government initially welcomed the Syrians as "guests", there has been increasing animosity towards Syrians in the country, and politicians across the spectrum have exploited anti-Syrian sentiment and called for their return to their homeland.
However, refugees have continued to come to the Turkish border, a situation exacerbated by last month's earthquakes which devastated much of Syria and southeastern Turkey.
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