The three jihadi brides who left their homes in London to join Islamic State have been caught on camera in Turkey.
The three girls - believed to be Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and 15-year-old Amira Abase - can be seen at Bayrampasa bus station in Istanbul in the footage screened on Turkish television.
The CCTV shows the teenagers at the bus station in the city just hours after they fled England on their way to Syria.
Times on the CCTV images suggest the girls were at the bus station, on the European side of Istanbul, for almost 18 hours.
Calmly carrying their luggage and chatting amongst themselves, they appear composed and confident as they move between the crowds of people.
The five images were taken between 8.27pm local time on February 17 and 1.22pm on 18 February.
The trio are seen with their hoods up as they walk outside on Istanbul's snowy streets, before moving in to the bus terminal.
They appear to have changed from the clothes they left Gatwick in and are wearing more traditional Islamic dress.
The footage was recorded in the early hours of February 18, hours after trio left their homes in East London, telling their families they would be out for the day.
They were last seen boarding a flight to Turkey from Gatwick Airport, and are then believed to have crossed the Turkish border into Syria.
Police believe the teenagers are currently in the terror stronghold of Raqqa where they face being married off to foreign fighters.
Last week, smugglers in the Turkish border town of Akcakale said they had already crossed the chaotic border using false Syrian IDs and accompanied by a man claiming to be their father.
One said: ‘They looked like Syrian girls, they were wearing hijabs and carrying bags from the market. They followed a man who spoke Arabic so everyone thought they were Syrian.'
The trio, who all attended Bethnal Green Academy in east London, were described as 'straight-A students'.
It was revealed last week that the three were interviewed by police just two months ago, amid fears they were being radicalised.
Detectives spoke to the teens after one of their classmates left for the war zone as they believed they were being encouraged to leave their homes.
The schoolgirls are feared to have fled to Syria to become jihadi brides after being ruthlessly groomed online and 'brainwashed in their bedrooms'.
They walked out of their homes last Tuesday before strolling through security checks at Gatwick Airport and flying to Turkey.
Police said their families, who have issued urgent appeals for their daughters to return, have been surprised and devastated by their disappearance.
Last week, the girls' headteacher said he was 'shocked and saddened' by their disappearance, but insisted police had found no evidence that they were radicalised at school.
Mark Keary, principal of Bethnal Green Academy in east London, said police spoke to the girls after another student disappeared in December and indicated at the time that there was no evidence that they were at risk of being radicalised or absconding.
He also said access to social media at the school was 'strictly regulated'.
A tweet sent from a Twitter account under Shamima's name was sent to Aqsa Mahmood, who left Glasgow for Syria to be a 'jihadi bride' in 2013.
By Laurie Hanna
