Iran–Turkey barrier

The Iran–Turkey barrier is a border barrier under construction[1] along the Turkey-Iran border aimed at preventing illegal crossings and smuggling across the border. The wall will cover 144 km[2] of the 499 km[3] Turkey-Iran border. As of December 2017, half of the border barrier has been finished.[4] According to the responsible officials, the border barrier will be completed by spring 2019 [5] The national housing commission TOKİ is building the wall in the provinces Iğdır and Ağrı.[2] Iran has welcomed the construction of the border barrier.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ Hürriyet Daily News: "Turkey builds 700 kilometer long wall on Syrian border" 15 Jun 2017
  2. 1 2 Yeni Şafak: "TOKİ’den Türkiye’nin Kuzey-Doğu hattına 144 kilometrelik duvar" 13 May 2017
  3. ↑ Tehran Times: "Erdogan says to build walls on Iran, Iraq borders" 2 Jun 2017
  4. ↑ Yeni Şafak English: "Turkey completes half of security wall along Iranian border" 30 Dec 2017
  5. ↑ The Jerusalem Post "Turkey to complete wall on Iranian border by spring 2019" Jan 10 2018
  6. ↑ PressTV "Iran asks Turkey for explanation over deaths of border guards" May 29, 2017


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