According to the text of an address to the nation supplied in advance to the media, Davutoglu said that in return 110 Syrians had been sent to Europe for resettlement.
The EU-Turkey deal signed in March is designed to set up a safe and legal route to Europe and involves sending illegal migrants to Turkey in exchange for Syrian refugees to be taken to Europe.
Davutoglu said the deal with the EU aimed to stop the human tragedy. “We have made a great deal of effort in… showing our Syrian refugee brothers the right channels if they wanted to go to Europe,” he said.