Turkey has
started building a wall along its border with Iran in parallel with
the Turkish barrier along the Syrian frontier, a Turkish media report
says.
Turkey’s
private Dogan news agency said on Tuesday that the governor of Agri
province, Suleyman Elban, had visited the construction process of the
security wall.
It added
that Ankara is constructing the 2-meter wide, 3-meter high wall with
portable blocks.
Turkey
claims that the construction work is aimed at improving security by
halting the infiltration of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants
and illegal smugglers.
Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in June that his country plans to
build walls along its borders with Iraq and Iran, similar to the one
being erected along the 911-kilometer frontier with Syria.
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