According to Metin Corabatir, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Foreign Relations Representative, work on the new centres could begin early next year, if the proposal is approved by the EU.
Under the scheme, refugee centres would be set up in the provinces of Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Gaziantep, Erzurum, Van and Kayseri.
The total cost of the project has been put at 66 million Euro, Corabatir said.
Lying on the crossroads between Europe, Asia and Africa, Turkey is seen by many refugees as a natural route into Europe.
So far this year alone, Turkish authorities have intercepted more than 25,000 illegal migrants, most of them trying to make their way to countries in Europe.
