They are fleeing by the thousands.<br/> <br />More than 130,000 Syrian Kurds seek safety and refuge in Turkey.<br/> <br />The United Nations refugee agency says that number could hit 400,000 as Islamic State militants are redeploying towards Kurdish controlled areas in Syria.<br/> <br />Many have endured a terrible journey.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Kurdish) SYRIAN REFUGEE, ZARIFE, SAYING:<br/> <br />"They slaughtered our children and confiscated our goods and belongings. We were so afraid and ran away."<br/> <br />Entire villages have been captured by Islamic State forces or abandoned out of fear.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Kurdish) SYRIAN REFUGEE, CEYLAN SAHIN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"They attacked from all sides. As they started to approach, we left everything behind and ran away."<br/> <br />Turkey has been slow to join calls for a coalition to fight Islamic State in Syria, worried in part about links between Syrian Kurds and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a militant group which waged a three-decade campaign against Turkey for gre
