Turkish school boasts multiple sets of twins, triplets

HATAY – Anadolu Agency

A school of some 1,000 students in southern Turkey near the Syrian border boasts an astonishing 17 sets of twins and three sets of triplets.

The twins and triplets, some of whom are Syrian, are studying at TOKİ İstiklal Elementary School in the city of Reyhanlı, Hatay.

The twins and triplets told Anadolu Agency that they are getting along with everybody just fine.

Hamit Erdem Cüneydioğlu, one member of a set of twins said he was happy to be studying in the same class with his twin.

"We get along well with twins and triplets like us," he added.